It's a Long One

I am one sleepy momma today. I made the baby pears for the week on Saturday night, and he had his first serving yesterday. He loved them, but I'm not sure if his tummy did. He woke up at about 3:00 a.m. this morning, kicking his legs, just very uncomfortable. I tried nursing him back to sleep - which almost always works - and he stayed wide awake. I finally woke my husband up at 4:30 to try to help. The poor babe was gassy, luckily for us it wasn't making him crabby, too. I finally got him in a good position for his tummy and nursed him to sleep at about 5:30 a.m. The alarm went off at 6:45.

A little background, and everyone who knows me personally can agree, I am a mega BITCH when I don't get enough sleep. A baby doesn't always work well with this type of personality, but usually he's a pretty good sleeper.

So, having the wonderful husband I do, he told me to stay in bed (which I did) and come in to work late. I'm very thankful, even though I won't be when the check comes next week. Oh well. After all, I need my sanity.

I'm hoping for a good week to follow a good weekend. The hubby and I got some much, much needed alone time. Having a baby certainly does limit the time we have as a couple, but it also allows us to appreciate each other so much more.

I have also come to the conclusion that I don't care if someone, anyone other than my husband and I, thinks that cosleeping with the baby is not good for him or us. We talked about it last night and we both sleep great with him in bed with us. He is going to be little for such a short, short time. Why would I want to spend more time away from him than I have to? It's truly amazing the bond I have with this tiny person, it's so animalistic. I was a skeptic of whether or not humans had instincts left after a discussion in a pschology class years ago. The theory was, people don't have intincts anymore, only reflexes, because intincts are something you are born with and babies don't show any. Now, I disagree. We are born with instincts, they just don't show themselves until you are intended to use them. There are so many things I'm going against the "norm" when it comes to raising my son, but I can't imagine it any other way.