Day# 13

Yawn baby, yawn......

It must be hard work keeping Mommy up until 4 in the morning.  I have to be honest and say that last night certainly was a rough one.  He would sleep for 45 minutes to an hour and then wake up again.  I fed him, rocked him and held him close and he would drift off to sleep, snoring away.  I then would carefully lay him in his bassinet, only for him to immediately start crying when he felt my touch leave him.  I laid down with him and he would sleep away, me on the other hand couldn't sleep that deep.  Russ is a violent mover in his sleep.  One time when Marshall was fast asleep in our bed, Russ flipped over with such violence that Marshall was literally catapulted out of our bed onto the floor!!  So I am sure you could understand my worries.  The thought of my little Sawyer being bounced off of the bed was enough to keep me awake.  When he finally drifted off into a deep sleep it was almost 4 in the morning, and he slept soundly until 9.  This has been happening almost every night for the past 3 weeks. 

So as tired as I was when I woke up this morning and saw his little face laying there next to mine, it made all of that frustration go away.  My problem is that I am comparing him to the other kids.  I was lucky that they were both good sleepers as babies.  Sawyer is so mellow and so not demanding during the day.  He is patient when I am feeding him and I have to interrupt his meal to tend to Marshall, Jaylee or our herd of pets so I guess I owe him this time at night.  He is so happy during the day and hardly fusses.  I know this stage will pass and I will look back and miss him as a baby.