Wyatt has been sleeping for hours during the day and I keep hearing that he has his nights and days mixed up so I did some research online on how to introduce the difference between day and night to my newborn. Unfortunatly this means that I have the horrible job of being the mean person who has to wake up my perfectly peaceful newborn. I hate it so much because all he does is cry and there is no way or me to console him without putting him back to sleep. So is that really me spending quality time ith him and isn't this the time where we should be bonding not introducing mom torture (that shouldn't come along this early right?) . I try playing games with him but all he does is scream until I let him go back to sleep. Ahh...motherhood!
Oh well other than the sleep thing I think things are going pretty well. The whole post pardum freak outs are pretty much over. I am still amazed that he was inside my belly all those months. That little heartbeat the little flutter all him. It is neat I have to say and I love his eyes, they are so deep and just gorgeous. I am looking forward to when he is able to interact more though. Like I can't wait for him to be able to laugh at what I am doing and stuff. Right now it is that stage where you give a lot and don't get too much back but I know just around the corner is the fun part so I am happy to be here just watching him learn and take everything in.
Wyatt's first Christmas was perfect and it was really weird to think about how different next Christmas will be since he will be a full year old. Like I kept thinking about how he will be walking or running around next year and able to open his own gifts. He will be interacting on his own with people. It's crazy how fast these stages go and how much babies change in a year. I think that was something that helped me move past those baby blues was realizing that these stages go by so fast and while I am wishing for the past the present is slipping to the future and I am missing it.
So basically everything is good here. We have been working on getting into a routine with Wyatt so he will be better about sleeping. I have decided to let him have his sleep/waking times the way they have been and I am going to chart them out to see exactly how long he has been sleeping and how long his interactive hours are. If I see that he has more waking time in the day then I will trust that things are in-line with where they should be and if not then I will know that I have to tell myself that waking him up is the best thing for him and he will just have to get used to interacting with me. If it gets too bad I know the pediatrican will have some great advice and the office is always available but if you have any advice I would love to hear what you did or would do.
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so, his days and nights being backwards... I understand why it is not great for you and Stan, but could you tell me why it matters for him? Does it keep him from getting as much rest?
Well he is getting rest and we are too actually. And ctually I don't think they are mixed up you know. He's a baby they sleep- day and night.So i don't know the only reason why it would matter would be getting him to the point where he can sleep the night. Plus if he is sleeping too much then he doesn't get time to iteract and learn you know.
I remember those days so well. During the day all I would do is try and make them sleep so I could breathe. When Sarah was about that age I would hold little mobile toys in front of her and twirl them and that would work for a good 30 hour. I loved how easily she was entertained. I would also turn up my favorite tunes and dance out the crying, I taught her all her moves though I'm not sure if that's a good thing, haha. With Julia I would talk to her when she was crying. I guess I was less tolerent but I also think that's why she spoke so early. I would just look in her eyes and have a one sided conversation and she would stop crying and if she didn't I would lay her down for a nap and she would be much happier. Swinging worked so well for Sarah but Julia hated it. She really loved the vibrating seat that played the music. But like you said babies sleep a lot. I think it's a great idea that your easing him into a schedule. Because it'll prob. be easier to get him in bed later on. The only thing I've heard to get them to know the difference is keeping things really quite at night, speaking in a whisper if necessary, and keeping lights low and keeping things brighter in the day with a little more going on. Maybe he would like your puppets. It sounds like you are doing an awesome job, I'm still struggling with the whole schedule thing so that's great that you are all ready getting started with that. When my mom suggested that to me Sarah was more then a year old but it really helps getting a routine in. I really miss you guys and wish that I could see you guys as parents I just know that Wyatt is one lucky boy to have parents like the two of you.
did I say 30 hour I meant minutes, hellooooo. I'm sure you caught the misprint:) That would be one crazy attention span.
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