Nico continues to be a happy baby. And can you believe it, Angelo was actually able to capture it in pictures!! Here you go:
So we visited his Nonna today, and she was SHOCKED that the boy stayed awake the whole time we were there (from 11am to 3pm). Also, my landlord was over at our place yesterday, and he made a comment that the boy doesn’t sleep. I guess I never really realized but Nico just doesn’t nap. Sure he falls asleep while nursing all the time, but it’s only for 5-10 min tops. He never actually “goes down” for a nap.
My MIL asked if it was exhausting. Huh. I had never really thought about it, but yeah, it kinda is.
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Such a gorgeous, sweet boy!
Don’t worry about the sleeping. I find that it makes you feel crazy and Inadequate if you start worrying about sleep, especially under 6 months. Don’t compare him to other babies. He will get his rhythm and if he is happy and healthy, what’s the problem. Do you remember those days when he slept so much you wanted to wake him up?
Hello from the American plains!
I’ve been reading your blog since before you were pregnant (though I can’t remember how I came to find it), and I’ve never commented before. These posts about your dear little boy made me want to de-lurk, though, since our guys sound so alike. Mine is 8 months, has always been amazingly busy, and had crazy gas for the first 2 months. During that time, he rarely napped in a traditional way, but would take little catnaps, like you describe with Nico. Around 3 months, he turned a corner and started taking two naps a day, but then, his nights, which had been okay, took a turn too — and not for the good. He would regularly wake up 4 times a night and not always go back to sleep easily, and it was a huge challenge for my endurance and my spirits.
We ended up doing some sleep training at 5 months, but not in an especially hard-core way. Our main goal was to get him out of our bed (which was so sad for me, in spite of everything), since co-sleeping wasn’t the cozy situation that it is meant to be. He would want to interact all night, and would roll back and forth between us for hours. Today, he sleeps in his crib in our room, and while his sleep is still a work in progress, it’s rare that he wakes up 4 times a night, and on great nights, he’ll wake up just once. I now have hope that one of these days, he’ll actually sleep for 8 hours straight, but for a while I was so dismayed, I wasn’t sure he ever would.
I apologize for making this so much about me, but I wanted to let you know how much I can empathize. I also wanted to remind you that it will get better, and to say that you are doing a heroic job. Whereas I would weep some nights, wondering why we had such a poor sleeper (especially compared to other babies I know), your attitude seems to be that this is just your baby’s experience, not necessarily to be compared to others’. Your calmness is inspiring to me, and for what it’s worth, I’m rooting for you!