Though weather has been absolutely fantastic for a couple of days, it’s overcast and a bit muggy today – just in time for the long Bank Holiday weekend…! Was going to write a few lines about our routines in the mornings: for about a week now, Jessica’s regularly fed at about 5am, I’ve put her back in her cot afterwards and she’s slept until about 8-8.15am. If I’ve spotted her at that point and said “God morgon Jessica”, she’s given me a big smile and started to wriggle excitedly. So I’ve picked her up, changed her clothes and nappy and given her a wash. Then we’ve had time for a little conversation before her hunger’s kicked in around 8.30 and she’s had breakfast. (During and after breakfast, by the way, she usually has a conversation with the corner of the bookshelves by the sofa – she stares at it over my shoulder with a big smile on her face, giggles and talks to it, and I have no idea what it is that she can possibly find so fascinating…!)
But as it happens, last night was an exception: she woke up at around 2.30am and wanted food, and then she wanted to play and certainly not to go back to sleep in her cot – I knew she was tired because she’d start to nod off in my arms but as soon as I put her down in her cot she’d stir and protest. After a couple of hours I gave her a bit more food, she started to nod off on my lap again, I moved her to the cot. She got a bit confused as she ‘hit’ the mattress and flailed her arms a bit, but only seconds later she’d fallen asleep. Sometimes it’s really tempting to let her just fall asleep in my arms and sneak her into the cot (would mean more sleep for both me and Ian) but then I’m concerned that I’d be conditioning her to only go to sleep in our arms and that’s not a situation we’ll want to be in a few months down the line. I guess there’ll be nights of all kinds still to come…
Gabriella