He Won't Sleep!

This weekend... sucked.

Nate's been going through some stuff.  A cold, major mental developments, introductions to rice cereal, and the net effect has been that he's basically stopped sleeping through the night.  Jason and I were completely unprepared for this kind of sleep deprivation.  We're talking, up every 2-3 hours, newborn kind of sleep deprivation.  But unlike a newborn, Nate isn't content to eat then go back to sleep.  No, he wants to PLAY.

We're really hoping this is a short phase.  From the get go Nate's been an awesome sleeper.  He doesn't fight it, he's content to ride the sleep train for over eight hours straight.  Jason and I are trying to form an equitable plan to handle these middle of the night wakings.

We'd talked about switching off every other night - but figured our little kidlet would then only wake up when it was my turn, so we settled on a evening shift and a morning shift and then switching every other day.

The problem with this plan is this: we live in a small house.  EVERY noise this kid makes wakes me up and has me laying in bed wondering if he'll put himself back to sleep or if someone needs to get up to soothe him.  So, when it's Jason's turn to get up with the baby, I'm the one pushing on his shoulder mumbling "honey... baby...."

And it's not like Jason's intentionally sleeping through the squeaks and cries.  He genuinely doesn't hear it.  Biology in action I guess.

Anyway, the net result of this current phase is that we got nothing done this weekend and we're both starting the week pooped.

I say again - knowing you're going to be sleep deprived for 6 months and then BEING sleep deprived for six months are two very different things.