Crib Diaries Part II

Well, I thought I would let you all know how my "crib training?" is going.

Hudson is successfully sleeping in his crib at night.

However, I still get no sleep.

For some reason he has a really great first stretch.

It's usually 5-6 hours.

For some reason the rest of the night he tosses and turns and cannot stay asleep.

I feel like I'm trying everything and nothing is successful.

He is swaddled, so it isn't his startle reflex.

I feed him at his first waking, so he isn't hungry.

Did any moms run into this problem?

Is it just his age, and he'll grow out of it?

I put him down between 8-9 and he wakes between 2-3.

I've read that giving him a "dream feed" around 11 helps them sleep longer.

I'm trying really hard not to buy into some of these "sleep expert" techniques.

But, sometimes they sound convincing!

And a dream feed doesn't sound detrimental to my little ones self-esteem or trust toward me.

I can't complain too much, because that 5-6 hours is all I need to keep me moving.

I'm still a slight zombie the next day but I manage.

He still hasn't quite mastered the crib nap.

But he's a professional swing napper, so sometimes I just resort to that.

I would like his naps to last at LEAST an hour, and that seems to be a very, very rare occurrence.

He is currently laying in his crib tossing, turning, and grunting but not crying.

So I suppose I'm lucky that my kid doesn't wail when I leave the room.

I suppose it's just persistence and patience?

Also, I believe any compliment I give this little booger is going to bite me in the tush and tomorrow he'll do the opposite of everything fantastic...

usually works that way.

:-p

So, if you other moms have advice, let me hear it!

On a really exciting note...

we are starting to get some hilarious little giggles and squeals out of him.

Today,  I was singing a Winnie-the-Pooh song to him about being fat and he loved it.

Probs thought I was singing about myself.

Just kidding!

Feeling pretty good about the bod.

Still have slightly over 10 to pre pregnancy weight.

But, yesterday in the gym locker room someone looked at me and said,

"You lost, like, all of your baby weight"

I laughed, knowing I'm far from it.

But, it made me realize that maybe I'm a bit too fixated on getting back to a specific number.

Maybe I just need to focus on improving areas that I'm still not 100% about and leave it at that.

I also am realizing that maybe we focus way to much on numbers...

the number on the scale

the number in our bank account

the number of our salary

the number of our student loans

we have countdowns until things are over

and deadlines for when things need to be done.

Maybe we shouldn't really worry about the numbers so much.