Ah... family... my own mother, insists on letting Arwyn "pretend" to eat whatever she is eating. I can't turn around or mom would have put something to her lips. Yesterday, it was a coconut bun. Today, Arwyn has bright red cheeks and chin. I hope it is not an allergic reaction. :roll:
Thanks Andrea for giving me hope. Arwyn is about 2 weeks younger than Taylor so hopefully... I will get to sleep soon.
Last night... HORRIBLE. Arwyn is sick so she can't breathe, poor thing. She woke at 8 and I put her back down. She then woke 3 times between 10:20 and 11 pm. I nursed her at 11:12 pm. I could hear that she was having a difficult time breathing & nursing. Anyways, she woke again at 1 something?? and could not be put down... I think that as soon as she was horizontal, she couldn't breathe. So... I HELD HER ALL NIGHT LONG! :shock: She could not be consoled, didn't want to nurse, for sure, didn't want to lay down in her crib. I tried and she cried for 20 minutes with me trying to comfort her. Also, she was awake from 3:20 - 4:40 at which time, I had WALKED her back to sleep. She wouldn't let me hold her AND lay down, because I guess she was horizontal again so... I catnapped all night long, SITTING UP!!!
She has NEVER been awake in the middle of the night, seemingly wide awake and not going back to sleep. Even with the crazy pu/pd sessions we have had, she has always had her eyes closed and didn't want to play or push off. Needless to say, I am right knackered and need a long winter's nap (got our first snowfall here).
I know, this too, shall pass... if it doesn't kill me first. I used to always say, "If it doesn't kill you, it will only make you stronger." I am now thinking, it probably doesn't apply to night wakings as I don't feel remotely stronger. :shock: If it were not for you ladies, I would feel a whole lot less confident and probably really depressed.