Sleepless night
.... for me anyway.
Last night we tried putting Christopher in his bed all night. He's been co-sleeping with us since day one and lately I've been putting him in the crib for naps. However, this all-night thing was and is a new adventure.
He sacked out around 9:30 (finally) and I was doing all right, reading a book and snuggling with Pete. We had set up both baby monitors - why? Well, not because we're paranoid, trust me. One is a video/audio monitor. It's great! It can pick up the tiniest noises and also has night vision. There is a problem with it, though. It has crappy reception in certain parts of the house - like our bedroom. It pops and crackles so you have to constantly hear that while trying to listen for baby noises.
The second monitor was Sarah's. It's your plain ole audio monitor. It, too, can pick up the slightest sounds and has little to no reception issues. Pete had the idea to snatch it from her room, turn the volume down on the fancy monitor just for video and have excellent audio on the old one. Worked like a charm.
Around midnight I turned out the light with my back to the video monitor. But every little move he made drove me nuts, so I finally faced the monitor to watch him... and watch and watch and listen and watch. And get up and look at him and feel if he was breathing. Soon after that he started rooting around. I got up again (about 1:45 now), got a bottle and fed him. An hour later he was asleep again.... I wasn't.
To make this short, I didn't get to sleep until 4:30. At that point, he was awake again and I just brought him back in our room to sleep. And I soundly told Pete this morning that we were not going to do this again - at least until he's sleeping longer through the night.
I think I got a total of 2 hours sleep. YAWN!
Last night we tried putting Christopher in his bed all night. He's been co-sleeping with us since day one and lately I've been putting him in the crib for naps. However, this all-night thing was and is a new adventure.
He sacked out around 9:30 (finally) and I was doing all right, reading a book and snuggling with Pete. We had set up both baby monitors - why? Well, not because we're paranoid, trust me. One is a video/audio monitor. It's great! It can pick up the tiniest noises and also has night vision. There is a problem with it, though. It has crappy reception in certain parts of the house - like our bedroom. It pops and crackles so you have to constantly hear that while trying to listen for baby noises.
The second monitor was Sarah's. It's your plain ole audio monitor. It, too, can pick up the slightest sounds and has little to no reception issues. Pete had the idea to snatch it from her room, turn the volume down on the fancy monitor just for video and have excellent audio on the old one. Worked like a charm.
Around midnight I turned out the light with my back to the video monitor. But every little move he made drove me nuts, so I finally faced the monitor to watch him... and watch and watch and listen and watch. And get up and look at him and feel if he was breathing. Soon after that he started rooting around. I got up again (about 1:45 now), got a bottle and fed him. An hour later he was asleep again.... I wasn't.
To make this short, I didn't get to sleep until 4:30. At that point, he was awake again and I just brought him back in our room to sleep. And I soundly told Pete this morning that we were not going to do this again - at least until he's sleeping longer through the night.
I think I got a total of 2 hours sleep. YAWN!
posted by Mandy @ 10:16 AM
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