Unfortunately, with two little kids to look after, I very quickly run out of time for things like updating this blog, even if it always feels like there’s so much to tell.
Regarding Conrad’s night-time sleeping, as its fresh in my mind, we had an awful night Friday night (3 October) to Saturday… Conrad was unsettled all night and woke up roughly every 30 minutes from about midnight. He wasn’t crying hysterically or desperately, mostly moaning and crying off and on whenever he was awake. Whatever I could think of to do – check that he wasn’t uncomfortable from having been sick on himself or any of his clothes digging in, cuddle him, change his nappy, feed him – didn’t seem to help.
In the end I seemed to remember Conrad not having had a dirty nappy for a day or so: could it be constipation…? He hadn’t pulled his legs up to his tummy or complained like when he used to have his colicky tummy aches, so I hadn’t thought of that as a possibility. But anything is worth trying when you’re about to fall over from tiredness at 3am in the morning…! By the time I’d boiled and cooled (in the fridge) some water for Conrad to drink, it was morning already. Conrad had about 10-15 ml of water, managed to catch up on some sleep during the morning and was a much happier little boy. Later that day he had a dirty nappy, so maybe the water helped.
I was pretty apprehensive about the following night though, but during the Saturday night to today, Conrad only woke up for one night feed, at 1.30am! Bliss. Whatever was troubling him the previous night was no longer an issue – what a relief!
There’s so much interaction going on between Conrad and Jessica, I just have to show you a few more pictures of this (undoubtedly not the last ones, either…):
Gabriella