As many of you mothers out there are aware, there is bound to be some sleepless nights with a newborn. Tonight is one of them. Linnea was simply not feeding super efficiently or well and kept on falling asleep while nursing. I put her down and she kept on waking up and crying. I fed her again even after she chomped on me! Ouch!! I was burping her and she was wide awake yet again and rooting. So I just decided to swaddle her up and stick a pacifier in her mouth. She quieted down immediately and I laid her in her bassinet and now she's sleeping. She may wake up though at any moment if that soother falls out of her mouth. I am hanging around just in case she starts to wail. Jeff has to be at work at 9am and he was with her til 2am so I don't want him to be awakened any more. Yesterday she slept super well and I was really hoping we'd have a night like that again but it's definitely not. The wind is howling outside and I hear it's supposed to snow...it's May!! Geesh!!
I've been responding to emails related to work all week and find that it's pretty much all I can get done for now. I hope eventually I'll be able to get some album designing done as well. In any case - I'm going to go lay down and see if I can sleep a little bit before Linnea wakes up again for her next feeding or even earlier than that....It's truly an adventure!
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Hi Rachel . What a beautiful baby!! She looks like you - such bright eyes and full of expression already and she's so darn cute. Sleepless nights, well, yes, you will get used to them - sort of. I remember nursing Janna at 0500 in the morning with the light of dawn shining through her window in Nanoose Bay, - some of the happiest moments of my life. Enjoy these precious times, even in the midst of your fatique. Congratulations on your 'labour of love' so well done. And Rachel, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!.
Love from Auntie Joyce.
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