Sleepy Time

Parents always warn me about sleepless nights. Well, I have yet to experience a sleepless night because I have had uninterrupted short naps throughout a night, 2 hour stretches, yet to wake up less than refreshed.

My wife and I agreed not to coddle our girl but it's hard not to want to pick her up every time she starts to cry. When I put CJ on my chest, she can sleep for hours without a problem. But I can't leave her on my chest and fall asleep with the fear of crushing her. So instead, I left her on my chest as I watched TV and did some work on my laptop. It was awesome, because i had 3 hours of uninterrupted time to myself!

Tonight, we let CJ cry her lungs to exhaustion for a few minutes in which she quickly stopped and fell asleep. I guess that's what we'll have to do and hopefully, sooner than later, we can get her to sleep through the night at least 6 hours. I can see why many parents say the days of 8-10 hour nights are over. The picture above shows me crashed out during the day while my Wife was cleaning. It's hard to resist CJ's sleepy time; she makes it look so inviting.