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I need some sleep
Remember when you had a 3 month old baby who slept 8-10 hours? Yeah, me neither.
I have nursed all my babies, breast milk just doesn’t last like formula (apparently). Also, when I had my first baby I followed all the rules for bedtime. Well, all except the put them to sleep on their back rule. I would get up and go to Foster’s room and nurse him on one side for approx. 10-15 minutes, change his diaper, nurse on the other side 10-15 minutes. Then he would sleep another nice, long 4-5 hour stretch.
Well, then came baby #2 and in our little 2 bedroom house that meant that Katie would be waking up her 2 year old brother in the night if she was crying incessantly (which she did). Katie wanted to nurse for approx. 5 minutes and fall back asleep. Then she would sleep about 45 minutes and want to nurse again. Enter, co-sleeping. Chris was working 2nd shift then and so he would bunk on the sofa bed, while Katie and I had our bed. And so it has been our routine for babies #3,4, and 5.
I am thankful that I have a husband who is so understanding. Although, it works for both of us. He suffers from sofa bed uncomfort but doesn’t get woke up to feed or change a crying baby.
In fact, nobody hears the baby crying except mommy.
Chris and the kids often say in the mornings, “I didn’t hear Jonah cry at all last night. Did he wake up at all?” Ha, ha so funny.
I will try not to resent your long, peaceful night’s rest.
After all, it’s only for a season.
Big Momma
Even though I have been pregnant 5 times in the past 7 1/2 years there are not a whole lot of pictures of me actually being pregnant. Part of that is because I’m the mommy and that’s who is usually taking the pictures and another part of that is because I looked like this…
This was very close to the end of my 5th pregnancy. I know. HUGE. I was huge and I look even more giant since Katie (age 6) was the photographer and so I look like a giant with a monster belly! At first I thought about deleting this picture, it is not at all flattering, but then I realized that huge belly carried my sweet Jonah!
I don’t know if you can make it out but that scale says 6 lbs. 13.5 oz. They wrote him down as 6 lbs 14 oz. So what I had here was the smallest baby I had ever had and the biggest belly I had ever had. Doesn’t seem right does it?
Yes, I get down about my weight. I would love to lose some, feel more comfortable in my clothes, not look 4 months pregnant. But I’ve also got to keep things in perspective.
I have a healthy baby boy. He’s nursing well, gaining weight, already rolling over and smiling and cooing.
I have close friends who have suffered from miscarriage and have heard many stories recently of pregnancies ending in a stillborn baby or severe birth defects.
Perspective. Appreciating how God has blessed me again and not complaining and focusing on the negative. I have so much to be thankful for as we enter this new year.
All the Little Grubbs 