I’m going to write now since I have a little bit of quiet and Valeria is snoozing behind me since about 8:45 this morning, it’s current almost 10 AM.
Last night my husband left for Hamilton, he had to be in the office today and since we are about two hours away from his office, it’s a shorter commute from his mom’s place. Which meant I had baby duty last night and all day today…alone.
I know women have been doing this long before I became a mom, but this is the first time, today, that I’m truly alone with her. I know I can manage, but there are times when I can’t console her and my husband can so I’m hoping I don’t run into that today.
Last night was a little rough, I was able to put her down by 10 PM, she did NOT want to sleep. With a bit of help from my mother, which she tried well before that with little success, just a very full baby who was wanting to play and laugh with grandma instead of falling asleep. Eventually I sent my mom off to bed, she had an early day today and I went about trying to get Valeria settled. Needless to say, I tried everything, than I decided I was going to just let her chill in her crib to relax on her own. All of a sudden there was silence and I got worried, as we do as mothers, and I look over and she put herself to sleep! Oh happy days!!
However, that didn’t last too long as she was fussy and woke herself up. I picked her up and rocked her, consoling her until she settled than back in the bed. Than again, woke up about 20 minutes later and at this point once she settled, I let her sleep on me for a bit before putting her back down in her crib. She slept until 1:40 AM, fed a bit then rolled over and back to sleep. 3:30 AM rolls around and up she gets, wailing like a banshee, so I pick her up and grab the bottle and off to our bedroom. I laid her in bed with me, fed her and out like a light. She slept until 7:30 this morning, waking up a touch cranky. I held her a while, fed her a bit of bottle and by 8:45 AM she was out again in her crib. I’ve been up ever since.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but once I’m up now, I’m up and can’t get back to sleep. While she is snoozing, I made coffee, did my morning routine and now sitting here writing. I checked in with my husband to make sure he made it to the office okay and my cousin texted me, so chatting with her at the moment as well. I’m going to let Valeria sleep until she gets up, she needs her rest.
But I’m going to end it here before she suddenly wakes up with me typing mid-sentence.
I hope you all have a wonderful day wherever you are in the world.
Ciao!
Mama on the Move 