Last night was our first one of "those nights." It all started out as normal, getting into bed at around 10pm, giving Maddie her before bedtime snack-aroo...
5 hours of straight crying later, we were wondering if having a baby was the right choice in our lives.
Thankfully, grandma Mimi and Papa came to the rescue and took our crying Maddie out of our hands so we could get some much needed shut eye. Hooray for grandparents.
This got me thinking: no one ever really told me what a typical night with a newborn would be like, so I figured I'd help a brother (or sister) out and give you a typical breakdown (and don't worry, last nights cry-a-pa-looza was not the norm).
9 - 9:30pm: Head up to bed. Start brushing teeth and other pre-bedtime rituals.
9:30 - 10: Start feeding the baby.
10 - 10:30: Finish feeding the baby and start trying to get her to sleep.
10:30 - 11:30: After several attempts and placing the sleeping baby in her crib, only to have her wake up 5 minutes later, she finally falls asleep.
11:30 - 12: Lie in bed listening to every sound emanating from the crib thinking that your baby is:
Choking
Dying
About to wake up
Pooping
Choking
Burping
Awake and about to cry
Choking
12 - 1: Bad sleep.
1 - 2: Baby wakes up, you feed her, you burp her, you try to get her to sleep, you think she is choking, you fall asleep.
2 - 5: The best sleep of your life.
5 on: Baby wakes up, you do the feed-burp-choke thing and realize that there is no way you'll be able to go back to bed. Thus your day begins.
There you have it friends. A typical night with a newborn. This is not meant to scare you off, but as an excuse to why I haven't called you back. Talk to you next year.
1 comment:
hehe. that sounds EXACTLY right. every night i was convinced that toshi wasn't breathing at some point. i'd hold my breath and listen to the monitor. sometimes i still do...
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