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02/09/2005 Archived Entry: "nocturnal"

You can tell I have a newborn because I'm going to blog about lack of sleep again, lol. The situation is just odd and I can't figure it out. During the day, little miss gets sleepy and falls asleep in somebody's arms. She is then put down into the bassinet that we keep in the dining room (the hub of the house) and she sleeps solid for 2-4 hours. At night, she gets drowsy and appears to be asleep in my arms so I put her in the bassinet that is put into our room at night. She then fusses and cannot sleep at all. So I'm up with her for hours until I wake Chris to take her for the second half of the night. The only difference I can figure out is our room is dark. I've been meaning to get a bulb for the night light but I've been to Target 3 times since Saturday and I've forgotten it each time. Our bed is not big enough to co-sleep in the traditional sense, I can't put her between us. And we can't move our bed to have one side against a wall. What I did with Tabitha was after her last night feeding, I'd prop myself up in bed on pillows and she'd sleep on my chest. But I can only do that for two hours or so, not a whole night. So I can't just have Daisy sleep on me the whole night or I'll be in some serious pain. So anyway, we have got to get the night light and see if she just doesn't like the dark. If that still doesn't help I think I'll look into one of those sidecar sleepers. I don't even know how long they can be in those, but I imagine it's the same as a bassinet. In any case, she is only a few days old and things will change so many times over the coming years that any solution is always just a temp thing.

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who left such nice comments and/or have emailed me personally. I've saved all of the congratulations :)

Yesterday we stopped at a scrapbook store (at some point, I swear I'll stop going places and rest) and I noticed a kids' re-sale shop so I went inside and found a nice plain bouncy seat. I had looked at Target and Toys R Us earlier, but they all have toys and lights and music and tons of crap. I'm not looking for something to entertain, amuse or distract my child. I just wanted a seat for her for the times I need to put her down and fix lunch or dinner or something and no one else is available. She spends so much of the day sleeping in her bassinet, she doesn't need to be in there when she's awake too. I figured a bouncy seat would be a good solution because she can be upright and (kinda) see what's going on around her. So I was happy to find one without the bells and whistles. I've already checked reviews and recalls on it and everything checks out fine.

Tabitha had Kids' Club last night, but I opted to stay home so it was Tabi-Daddy time. I know the craft was Valentine's Day related but she hid it once she got home so I'm guessing it's going to be a surprise for me. Speaking of surprises, last night Tabitha made Valentines for Chris, Daisy and I and taped them to our beds so we'd find them before we went to sleep. They were very sweet and mine was a poem. I found a very cute Care Bear's Valentine at Target that I think I'll get for her, assuming they still have it. She was less than pleased yesterday to realize it was Tuesday and we weren't going to do lessons. I told her we'd start them up again next week but that did not appease her. I tried telling her it was a big sister vacation but she just rolled her eyes at me, lol. I think she's getting a pretty good education this week anyway, what with learning all about babies :)

Posted by Mandi @ 02/09/2005 12:13 PM PST

What a GORGEOUS family! Your heart must be bursting with pride!

Posted by Dena @ 02/09/2005 11:42 AM PST