I had 6.5 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night!!! thanks to Jack taking the 10:30-11pm feeding. I went to bed at 9pm (missed my Desperate Housewives but it is worth it to feel human). I didn't wake up until 3:30am when Kailey was starting to stir. I fed her and we stayed up for 2 hours while she was WIDE AWAKE (her eyes are huge at the best of times). She was not fussing at all rather wanted to be entertained so I will take that instead of her wicked alternative. I didn't mind because on Discovery channel, the dog trainer Dr. Cohen was on and I always like watching him and he just happened to have a special on rescue dogs and their quirks. I was pumped because they pulled his program during regular watching hours. When she finally fell asleep she slept until 8am so I am feeling refreshed and ready to head to my Dr. appointment at 1:30. I had a shower, made some formula, folded clothes and cleaned up a tad. I feel like a million bucks. Jack slept through his alarm this morning so I will have to try to make a couple little timing adjustments so he is not feeding her at 11pm. He slipped her into her bassinet at around 11:50pm so he still got 6.5 uninterrupted hours of sleep too so maybe that is not enough? Maybe this is a one time thing? He was only 30 min late so that is not too bad. I think he will think it is worth it when he sees how much happier I am today. Maybe he would benefit from a nap when he gets home from work. Can you tell I feel guilty?? I guess it could be way worse for him - Chris from work, who sleeps in the same room as their newborn, got a total of 2 hours of sleep the other night. I'll see what he says when he gets home today. If her feed was more like 10pm that would be better but we are on Kailey's schedule and that feed ranges from 9:30pm - 11pm. I really think the power walking with her in the snugli really helped her gas because she didn't even spit up like she was doing with the late night bottles. She was tooting and belching like a trucker the whole time she was being carted around. I think the upright position mixed with the movement of all the stairs really helped her out. She was a happy baby last night opposed to the red faced ticked off Kailey Bear. We will have to get the Nascar hat out tonight and her jingling bug toy for those windshield collisions that she gets a kick out of. hahahaha :-)
She is starting to wake up so I better run.
Shari
p.s. She is 5 weeks old today so I may have to put her in a party dress and take some pictures - not like I don't have a ton already.
