Helping baby sleep on her own – Night 5
18:45-19:00
I put Tilja in her bed, laying down, and she stayed that way. She rolled around a few times, whimpered and sang a bit to herself, and then was out after 5 minutes – if that.
I waited a little to make sure she was sleeping, and began staring at the iMac in our room; wondering if my hand would hurt less with a bigger Wacom pad, or maybe a Cintiq – maybe just one of those slim new keyboards… then I snapped out of it, and got out of there after 10 minutes:)
21:00?
I hear some whimpering and cries, but she manages to calm herself and fall asleep.
22:30
Same thing.
1:30 or so
same thing, but we’re in bed too, by now.
3:00 or so
Same thing.
4:45 – 5:45
She’s very restless and I get up to stroke her back and face, calm her down, wait for her to sleep, go back to bed myself, and then she starts up again. This routine goes on until I finally decide to just get up and start the day – even though she’s obviously tired.
Once in the livingroom, with a new diaper, and after a bottle of välling – she’s fine.
9:30 or so
I put her to bed for her nap, and it took a long time to get her to settle down. I crashed too, when she finally did, expecting to also have an hour long nap. She was up again after nearly 30 minutes. I wake up too, grumpy- and stay thay way for hours.
13:45 – 2:15
I take her for a walk – for another nap, but she takes forever to fall asleep on her own, and when she finally does, it begins to rain lightly, a dog barks, and she’s awake after 30 minutes- again!
Frikkin stupid day. Feels like 4 steps forward – 3 steps back.:( (not really.. but STILL!)
