Thursday, July 31, 2008

Tonight Is Not The Night

So I was hoping tonight would be a great night for George and the crib. He woke up about 10:30 and I nursed him and he went back to sleep. About 5 minutes later he was back up. I got him back to sleep and he woke up around 11 and has been crying since then. I've been going in every 15 minutes to reassure him, but I am getting tired. I probably could almost fall asleep and let him cry, but then would feel really guilty so I now will most likely go in and get him. Although he sounds like he's tiring. He's not crying as much, but who knows how long he can go. Thank goodness my girls can sleep through anything. I guess we'll try for tomorrow.

Back In The Saddle Again...Hopefully longer this time

So I feel like there are huge chunks of my life missing. Important chunks, but I hope you can all understand. We did have baby George Robert on May 7. Named after his great grandpas. After feeling like he was never going to come he FINALLY did. I thought the more babies you had the shorter labor was. Mine seems to keep getting longer. Maybe this should be the last one. We are so blessed. The last few months have taken a little readjusting, but I think it has been much easier this time around. I hadn't forgotten quite as much as I did between Mayme and Lydia. Mayme and Lydia couldn't help but beam about being the big, big sister and the big sister. It was hard the first few weeks with little sleep, then having to get up to get Mayme fed and off to school only to then have Lydia wake up and have to take care of her needs as well. Things were much easier when May finished school so at least poor mom and baby could sleep in some. Right from the bat though he was a good sleeper and woke on a regular schedule. I was amazed that sometimes he could fall back asleep without having to eat. The girls always were attached it seems. So here he is about a week away from being 3 months old. Up until this point he has been sharing the bed with us, but that last few nights I have been trying to get him to sleep in the crib. After several nights of me putting him down and him crying tonight he went to sleep no problem. Part of that I think is that I made his bedtime a little later? I guess when they are ready they are ready. Or tonight I just got lucky. haha! I just have to get my end of things settled. He woke up once early in the night last night and I nursed him back to sleep, but when he woke up at 12:30 I brought him into bed. It's so much easier that way, but I know not really conducive to trying to get him to sleep in there.
Lydia went through her regression and has come out being such a big girl. I really wish she could go to preschool this year. She is doing great at going potty. There have been times that I was horrifed because I forgot to have her put a pull up on for long trips, but she never had an accident. She and Mayme have really bonded. They spent the first part of summer sleeping in the guest bed. It's nice that they have eachother. Then it wore off a bit and they have their arguments, but that's to be expected. I'm sure they will only get more enjoyable as they get older. : ) Lydia is also being more gentle with George. We had more than one incident when I caught her trying to pick him up. SCARY!
We've had a good summer. Just busy enough. Mayme had basktetball camp which she discovered she does not like. Fine by me...I just wanted her to at least try it. She then went up to the cabin with my mom and stepdad. Instead of our usual August trip we had to do it in June and with George being so little I knew we wouldn't go, but my mom offered to take Mayme so she could play with the cousins. She had a blast and caught a million fish, swam a lot, and got a nasty sun burn. She also played Pee Wee baseball which she is so good at. Unfortunately their games were at 8 in the evening which didn't agree with George so I guess he cheered in his own way. I got to see her play half of the games so that was good. The girls just finished up their swimming lessons. Both passed and can go onto the next level. I was nervous about Lydia because she hasn't been with a group of kids she didn't know and a teacher to listen too, but she did great. I was so proud of her. She had her moments, but so did the other kids so it's nice to know it's an age thing.
So here it is, August, a few hours away, and I think about going back to work. I am ready too yet I'm not. That would be regardless whethe or not if I had a baby or not. I feel George will be fine. I've been pumping milk since we came home from the hospital because I wanted a good stockpile before going back. Our family doctor said we could start him on the rice cereal at 4 months so that will be just around the corner from when I go back to work. It makes me feel good to know that there is another source of food. I will try to pump at work although it's hard to think about. There really isn't a whole lot of places for me to do it and I get so terrified that someone will walk in on me, but I just have to do it once a day for the year. I did it for Lydia so I can do it this time around too. So now that I can get George in the crib I think I actually may have some time to myself to do this blogging thing!!! Let's hope so!