As parents, Katy and I have been very, very lucky so far in that Zac has always been a good sleeper. It only took him a fairly short time after getting out of the NICU to where he would sleep long portions of the night, and he was somewhere around 4 months or a little less when he began fully sleeping through the night. So, we've been a little spoiled.
Until last night. He went to bed around 8, seemingly in good spirits and doing alright, but woke up a little after 11, crying for some unknown reason. I really, really need a baby-to-adult translator for this boy. Anyway, that started a very long night for the two of us, with small respites in between, until maybe 4 a.m. or so when Katy was finally able to put him back in his bed for good. Until then, he had no interest in sleeping unless it was with Katy holding him.
He seems to have a bit of a fever, and did throw up around 1:30 a.m., plus his nose is stuffy and he's had a cough for about a week. Our small group on Wednesday nights has 3 nurses, and they felt like his cough sounded just fine, that it was nothing to worry about. We believe he may be teething again, which would contribute to many things, but his crying was not from his mouth. We're pretty sure it was his tummy. I am home with Zac this morning, then Katy will come home so I can go to a meeting I have at 10. Then I'll return and she can get back to work as she has some financials to get taken care of today.
Hey, we can sleep in tomorrow, right? HA! If only Zac agreed with that idea. :)
Well, I've learned that irregular posting on the blog leads to very few comments, so I'll try to be a little more regular moving forward for everyone. :) Today's entry is focused on Zac's propensity to sleep in odd places, in odd positions.
I realize everyone does this, but how many parents then POST the pictures of their children and then write about them? I am up to that task. Picture number one was before we got Zac his new bed. We still keep his crib mattress next to it for all the times he falls out, but this was typical prior to getting his new bed.
Picture number two is yet another example of him sleeping in oddball positions. We're unsure how he makes this comfortable, but somehow it works.
The rest of these are all similar in concept because of the sheer oddity of the positions he falls asleep in.
The last picture is how he falls asleep almost every night, by his gate, in view of us in the living room. :)
