sugabeats: Weekend

sugabeats (

sugabeats) wrote,
@ 2008-04-21 13:20:00

Current mood:	content
Entry tags:	erik, simon, sleep, weekend

Weekend
This past weekend was nice and mellow. On Friday Simon and I had a date with thesynergizer and her son Ben - we went to Chocolati (yummy peppermint patti hot cocoa!), walked part way around Green Lake, took a break at the community center to nurse Simon, and then on our way back, it was HAILING! Like the size of small peas! Luckily I actually dressed us semi-appropriately so Simon was in a warm fleece outfit and I had my rain jacket on. I was wearing him in the mei tai and we both had hoods on, but of course he was getting pelted in the face by the hail. He cried all the long way back to the car. Despite the hail, I had a great time and I'm glad we could all get together!

Erik turned 32 on Saturday and it was the quietest birthday we've ever celebrated together. We took Simon to the mall for some 3 month photos (the cuteness was unbearable so naturally we spent a ton of money) and also so Erik could pick out his birthday present - a cast iron skillet! We were there for a few hours and I ended up nursing Simon at JC Penney and Nordstrom. I should make a map or a list or something and keep track of all the places we've nursed...anyway, we had pizza and cupcakes for dinner and watched some House (season one). Normally we would go out to dinner with friends, or go bowling, or do something, but Erik just didn't seem to be into it this year and I really didn't bug him too much.

On Sunday we were thinking about going to the tulip festival, but it was snowing when we woke up. So the thought of driving north, with snow, for an hour, to look at tulips just didn't seem like a good idea anymore. I hope we can go next weekend. Erik made delicious tofu scramble in his new skillet! Then the day turned sunny! So we went for a walk around the neighborhood and Simon actually fell asleep in the mei tai. And then, later in the evening, it started to rain! Crazy spring weather weekend! And to think it was actually 80 last weekend!

In other news I've started to think about Simon's sleep (and mine too, of course). I just started to read The No-Cry Sleep Solution and I'm in the process of noting his sleeping and napping habits. So far I've learned he needs more sleep! He should be getting about 15 hours a day and I think he's getting closer to 12-13. We've been sleeping in as long as possible depending on my whim and I would like to be able to get up earlier. He also naps at his whim, so I was thinking a semblance of a plan or schedule or even like a sleep goal would help us all out.

And in hormone news: I actually started crying at the mere mention of "cry it out" in the book. We also had to skip an episode of House because it was about babies. I cried in the intro. Seriously. I'm not anywhere near as stoic as I used to be.

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thesynergizer
2008-04-21 09:18 pm UTC (link)

OMG, the CIO story in that book broke my heart into a million trillion little pieces. i have heart attacks when i hear about people doing it to babies even younger than yours.

but yes, do follow the suggestions in the book. they're very spot-on about babies doing better on an earlier schedule, even if it kills the mama, and also about scheduled naps around the same time every day. and about falling asleep while drowsy but awake, but that's the hardest one to accomplish.

good luck!!!

PS: tell erik i said happy birthday! i had no idea. :-)

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	sugabeats 2008-04-22 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! I'm trying - I think I need to go to bed earlier. He usually has a nice 3 hour stretch at first and then it all goes to hell. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	amanelle 2008-04-21 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	I should get that book. Our sleeping is all over the place. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sugabeats 2008-04-22 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	I'll let you know how it goes :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

amanda_mary
2008-04-22 01:11 am UTC (link)

I should make a map or a list or something and keep track of all the places we've nursed.

You should! And then rate each one on a number of scales, and disseminate the information to other ladies in the greater Seattle metro. It would be quite the public service ;-)

The best advice I remember from NCSS had to do with putting Baby to bed half and hour (or more) earlier than usual. It seems so counter-intuitive, but I swear it works! Even now, Stuart sleeps way more soundly at night on days when he has napped well. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that more sleep makes humans more functional. I think I'd feel more functional if I was getting an adequate amount of rest!

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sugabeats
2008-04-22 09:45 pm UTC (link)

LOL! Yeah, totally! I should do a google mash-up!

Yeah we need to work on "putting Baby to bed". Right now he usually falls asleep nursing and then Erik and I hold him until we go to bed (an hour or two later) while we watch TV...it's not ideal, but we got addicted to shows like Dirty Jobs since he was born so it's not a big deal to hold him. So I need to work on getting him to sleep without the boob (which he can do, but usually doesn't) and also actually put him to bed without us at night...I'm not even through reading the whole chapter!

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amanda_mary
2008-04-23 12:43 am UTC (link)

Yeah, Stuart nursed to sleep until he was, like, ten months old. I think switching his bedtime routine around so he nursed, then brushed his teeth, then read a book eventually enabled him to sleep for longer stretches. Then again, we weren't (and aren't) co-sleeping, so it was easier to set him in his crib and know he'd be safe without us being immediately there (although we were still, of course, close enough to hear him if when he'd cry). I swear, the whole "navigating Baby's sleep habits" thing is enough to drive anyone to drink.

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	sugabeats 2008-04-23 02:04 am UTC (link)
	hmmmm...drinking eh? I haven't had a drink in over a year! Crazy! Oh yeah, we were talking about sleep - we're co-sleeping so I'm a little unsure of how to put him to bed hours before we go to bed. We have a snugglenest, so maybe we'll use that. It's so easy, in a way, to let him just sleep in our arms, but I know that's not a long-term solution. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	katielovesjoel 2008-04-22 02:23 pm UTC (link)
	That map would be fantastic. I don't know if you're a scrapbooker (something tells me you're not), but that would be so cool in a scrapbook. I love the No-Cry Sleep Solution. I really wish I had started using it earlier with Rosemary. I didn't read it until she was 9 months and I was at my wit's end. (Reply to this)(Thread)

sugabeats
2008-04-22 09:48 pm UTC (link)

That would be cool in a scrapbook! But I am not a scrapbooker. I just can't get into it. I can't even put photos in a boring photo album, much less make them all pretty and tell a story! I was pretty proud of myself for actually ordering prints of Simon's first couple months! I have heard of digital scrapbooking, but I still think I wouldn't be able to get anything done within a "reasonable" amount of time.

I'm glad the book worked for you!

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iloveaslan
2008-04-22 04:53 pm UTC (link)

I cried like crazy every time anything 'baby' was in a movie or on TV. Adam and I had our first date - left Winter with Grandma - and saw 'Juno' and I cried at the end thinking about her at home without me.

The no-cry sleep solution is a great book. It didn't work great for Winter - she has a very strong, determined personality and didn't want anything to do with some of the suggestions. I use some of the advice, but Winter cries herself to sleep even if she is in my arms. We did get her napping on somewhat of a schedule, and that has been AMAZING. She would just cat-nap randomly the first 3 months and we were both crabby all the time. I started laying her down, looking for her tired cues, and we both are much better off. :)

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	sugabeats 2008-04-22 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	Erik and I have had one "date" without Simon and it was weird. He was only a week or so old and I just felt a combo of it's nice to be alone with Erik, but I need to get back to Simon at the same time! How many times a day does Winter nap? The book recommended 3 times for Simon's age and he really only naps once! I need to work on that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

iloveaslan
2008-04-22 10:51 pm UTC (link)

She naps twice a day. Our sort-of-schedule is: wake up anywhere from 7-9 depending on how tired she is [or how tired I am!]. She usually is up 1 1/2 - 2 hours, and then is ready for her first nap, and she will sleep anywhere from 1 1/2-3 hours. Then she is up for another 1 1/2-2 hours, and goes down again for 1 1/2 -3 hours. Then I keep her up until bedtime, which is anywhere from 7-8. During her awake times, I take her for a couple of walks, do tummy time and practice sitting/standing up [she LOVES this] and it helps tire her out and sleep better during her naps. She does fuss a little bit when I lay her down - about 5 minutes or so, and occassionally she wakes up after a half hour or so and will fuss for a minute or two. But she always falls back asleep.

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	sugabeats 2008-04-23 04:17 am UTC (link)
	Wow! That sounds like a pretty good schedule. Hmmm...I think we'll work towards something like that. Thanks! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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