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Can you tell what the Fix-It Girl is doing up there? She's helping her daddy take apart the crib that was in our master bedroom. And then she helped him put it back together in the newly named "kids room."
Did you catch that? YES! Oliver is finally sleeping in the other room and I have returned to the master bedroom (goodbye Coleman air mattress on the stair landing...it's been real these past few months). I have been very scared to pull off the two-kids-one-room bandaid because I already wake up enough at night thankyouverymuch, no need to add in more wake-ups involving more children. But good Lord, it was time. Besides, Bella has been complaining of being lonely in her room after getting to share a room as a family in Chicago. Problem solved! Now she has company in the form of a 9-month-old baby boy.
So how's it going? The first night started off terribly, leaving Husband and I laughing somewhat hysterically and wondering what we had done. Oliver continued to wake up a few times that night, including staying up for a full hour in the middle of the night, which he is not his M.O at all. But Bella did okay with blocking out all his noise and our trips in and out of the bedroom. We have since discovered that we are dealing with more teeth (8 and counting!) so that explains Oliver's behavior. Last night went well even with Oliver waking up a couple times. I'm not sure how it will work to wean Oliver off his night feedings and do some gentle sleep training, but I guess it will get figured out. Maybe he'll magically start sleeping through the night. HAHAHAHA. (Weep.)
Having my master bedroom back has given me such a sense of calm and peace and SPACE. Space. I have my own space. With a door. That shuts! I haven't had that in months! Everything in our too-small home was infiltrated with kid stuff and now I have a full room to myself. Plus, the treadmill is free to use at all times of the day, opening up a lot of options for exercise.
I keep looking at my bedside table and getting a giddy feeling.
Actually, the first night I had my bedroom back, I forgot about the concept of a bedside table and was all, "Wish there was a way to have a small light close to my bedside and a place to put my glasses" for a couple of minutes until I remembered how life works.
And here is where you can insert a joke about how I done gave birth to mah smarts when I gave birth to mah baybees. A-yuk, yuk.
Here's to 9-month-olds who don't sleep through the night! What a great club to be a part of, right? Yesterday at church a lady brought her twins in and said to her husband, "This is that girl that hasn't slept in 9 months." Awesome. So I'm dinner conversation now. :)
ReplyDeleteBut yeah for having your own room! It is a blessing!
I have a wonderful prospect of hope for you! Ready for it?
ReplyDeleteWe put our kids in a room together when our little dude was 9 months old as well, and guess what?! He DID start sleeping through the night!! There is hope!
Fingers crossed things go the same for you!!
Hannah has suddenly started rolling A LOT in her sleep, making her preferred nap venue of our bed nerve-wracking. I block her in with pillows and watch the monitor like a hawk, but it was still making me nervous. The other day I was wishing that I could buy some sort of bed for babies that had rails on all four sides so I wouldn't have to worth about her rolling or sleep-crawling off the side. If only such a thing existed...
ReplyDeleteAmy - Oh no! Can't believe you are dinner conversation! Haha. But is it really SO unusual to have a 9 month old not sleep through the night? Maybe having Bella first - a worse sleeper than Oliver - helps me feel less distraught over him not sleeping through the night. But I do get eye buggy when I see Facebook updates with kids WAY younger than Oli sleeping through the night. Not faaaaaaaair.
ReplyDeleteLisa Lu - You are my new favorite person. That makes me so hopeful!
Operation Pink Herring - I remember that feeling with Bella!
I would be really interested to hear your thoughts & methods of sleep training - Jane is almost 14 mos. and was doing better for awhile (like waking only once and going right back to sleep) but now is back to 2-3 times and waking earlier in the a.m. too... I guess it just hasn't been bad enough for long enough to make us create a "plan", but I think it could be a lot better.
ReplyDeleteFrugal Vegan Mom - Since Jane is over a year, I bet she would sleep train very quickly and you will LOOOOVE having full nights of sleep. The earlier wake-ups might just be longer days, though...Anyway, for no crying methods check out No-Cry Sleep Solution (good general info on sleep in there). Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child is a classic, tons of good info, but horribly written. Ferber's book is solid, good stuff and his method is the one I feel the best about for us. Sleep-easy Solution is the Hollywood version of the Ferber book and an easy read. Hope that helps!
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