on babies and sleeping...

Everyone tells me to value these first few years with my little one. I am attempting to. Though, every time we get into a good play zone of happiness he is all like..."thats enough I needs my nap now...." Babies are much like cats, they wake, poop, and eat...then they sleep again. In between these 4 mentioned activities is a bit of play.

I would say it took me the first month to figure this out. I would be playing peekaboo with Nick or having animate the stuffed animals time and then suddenly Nicholas would start fussing. In the first month I would spend up to a good hour trying to figure what he wanted. I would offer him food, both from the bottle and the boob. I would check his diaper multiple times and even change it if it was just barely wet. At one point I stuck him in his crib and walked out to get a sterilized soother. When I returned, he was sound asleep. That was when it dawned on me, maybe he just wanted me to go away so he could nap proper like, instead of having mother stuffing food sources in his face or fondling his very clean and tidy bum

With him falling to sleep for 2+ hour stretches every little bit during the day and his 6 to 7 hour stretch at night, it becomes very difficult to value the wondrous baby time. I would love to snuggle him while I falls asleep, rocking him back and forth but he will have none of this! He very much likes to have his personal space. If you attempt to talk or touch him while he is sleeping you will get the hands stuck up in your face. Basically a baby warning that says "back off, I sleep woman!" He gets this little personal space thing from both sides of the family. I love my space, and so does Patrick. We must have it, even from each other when needed.

Right now I am valuing my time from a distance while Nicky swings back in forth in his chair. He is getting more and more vocal everyday and I believe once starts talking he might never stop. Once he starts running, he won't stop either. Thus I am valuing the silence!