D slept ALL NIGHT

I have a list of 20 things I should be doing other than this blog post, but documentation needs to be done too.

Declan was with my at the YMCA yesterday and Thursday from about 8:00 until 1:00 each day. I was doing a holiday photo shoot with my photographer friend, Kate for a bunch of the kiddos there. We did 40 sessions and I am exhausted with a TON of editing to do, Christmas cards (for others) in the works...haven't started ours yet...book cover comps due on Monday, a cover that needs to be finalized today, a logo for Kate that has to be done by Monday morning, samples and pricing book done for Monday...the list goes on and on. My body is trying to tell me to slow down a bit. I can't speak above a whisper, despite Connor's requests for me to "talk normal, Mom".

Anyway, all of this to say that Declan's timing couldn't have been better. I woke up just before 7:00 this morning (went to bed around 1:20) and quickly realized I never got up to feed him! I never heard him cry or even whimper. I quickly headed into his room to make sure he was breathing and I heard a little bit of movement in his crib. :) That is when I realized that the consequence for a sleeping baby is a soaking wet mom. Despite wearing breast pads, the front of my shirt was soaked and the throbbing began (sorry if that is too much information). I knew I had to wake him up to eat. I'm not going to lie, he got sprayed and at one point I thought he was drowning, but he pushed through. :) Happy guy also had a wet diaper....a very wet diaper that I realized soaked his jammies too....his big boy, 6 month, fleece, firetruck jammies. Yes, he is only 9 weeks old. They are big, but fit a lot better than they should! I changed his diap and his jammies while he was a super happy guy on the changing pad. I thought he would be up for a while, but after a little bit of rocking he got squirmy. I took that as his way of telling me he wanted to lay back down. I was right...he is out again.

His first morning in the "infant room" was so exciting I really don't think he slept at all. Then he didn't sleep in the afternoon either. He was even up until about 11:00 Wednesday night. This also wore me out! Yesterday, although he just took cat naps in the infant room, he crashed yesterday afternoon into the evening and obviously made up for it last night. I just hope he naps a little today too, or I'm going to have to be up way late tonight working instead.

Happy day...I hope he can do it again!!