Fortunately in my life, flowers seem to bloom after a rain. Maybe it is the fact that I typically try to find a positive in even a gloomy situation, but there really is a silver lining to most of life's trials. I write this now to serve as a reminder in the future when things might not go so smoothly. :)
Today's example: If you read this often, you know that we've all had colds and Connor had a little bug even before that. Let me just say that calming a sick baby is quite an exhausting challenge. His cold has barely kept him down and after the vomiting, it is a breeze. But there was/is silver lining to even his cold! Although not confirmed by a doctor, I think the sinus pressure or something has unclogged his left tear duct! I haven't had to wipe his eyes in about 3 days and his eyelashes are dry on that side (they haven't been in weeks and weeks...look closely at his pictures and you can see.) If it has indeed unclogged, this is fantastic news! If it hadn't fixed itself in a year he would have had to have a little procedure to surgically unclog it. Now that won't be necessary! YAY!
On another topic, Connor keeps the hours of a teenager. It really is pretty ridiculous and I blame myself for allowing it to happen. He consistently doesn't go to sleep until between 11:00 pm and midnight...sometimes later. Let me just tell you that by that point at night, I am beat. Brian is a big help putting him to sleep, but since he's been traveling so much I am absolutely exhausted by 9:00....and I've still got at least 2 hours of "entertaining" to do! I am so thankful that it is typically happy playing and not of the screaming variety, but regardless, I blame myself. I'm sure if I got up every morning at 7:00 with an agenda for the day then C would be used to it and follow suit. Oh well. The upside to teenage hours is that he sleeps in pretty well. :) Last night he set a new record for himself....(drumroll please)......9 hours and 10 minutes of consecutive sleeping! He went to sleep at 11:00 and woke up for the first time at 8:10! He ate and then slept for another hour and a half. So, once again, I am thankful. If it requires him being a night owl in order to get so much consecutive sleep, then it is worth all the walking, bouncing and playing in the late hours of the night.
This post is longer than I intended already. Ok, I'm done. Must sleep now.
1 comment:
Sorry you are having a tough time...it will get easier! If he has a cold and its of the snotty variety..definitely try a Nosefreida..its disgusting, but it works. I would try not letting him go back down in the morning to see if he'll adjust his schedule at least a few hours. I'll bet he sleeps until 8 anyway, while also giving you a few hours in the evening. I didn't get my sanity back until I got those few hours for it to just be me and Richard again when Corbin started going to bed at 7pm. Hang in there, you are doing a great job!!
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