Had a couple of sleepless nights at the beginning of last week (Tues & Wed I think). Mainly because Abigail was waking up at around 10-11pm (after having been asleep since 7ish) and then she was awake till about 1-2am. I think it was bad dreams that were waking her up, judging by the confused sentences that she was coming out with initially, and also one night she was really upset. I think Thursday was OK, but she woke up at 5am asking for something to eat. Peter took her downstairs and gave her a bowl of cereal and I think she went to sleep again fairly easily - thankfully! I think the rest of the week wasn't too bad as far as nighttime sleeping is concerned. But I'm still feeling rather sleep-deprived. Probably mainly my fault, since I never like going to bed early.
Anyway, in addition to the above, for the past two days Benjamin has decided he wants to be like Abigail and not have any naps during the day! :-S I must admit that's it's tiring enough to have a 2yo awake all day (struggling through the sleepy afternoon stages and dinner time, etc), so really I need the 2-4 hours a day that Benjamin spends napping! But the past few days, every time I put him to sleep, as long as he's snuggled in my arms he's nicely asleep & relaxed. But as soon as I try to put him down, he raises his head, smiles at me, and sits/stand up looking as refreshed as ever! :-) But this is usually after only 10 minutes of sleeping and it's not long before he's rather fussy and exhuasted again. He finally went to sleep at 5:30 this evening and slept through me cooking dinner and eating it, but that's about all. Abigail decided she didn't want to go to sleep at her usual 7:30 bedtime and only finally went to sleep after 10:30 tonight! And Benjamin is now finally asleep too (nearly midnight). So, only now after 11:30pm, a few seconds of quiet to catch my breath today! Oh well. The joys of being a mother! :) Perhaps I should rename by blog something about being a sleep/nap diary since it seems that's all I'm always talking about! Oops - sorry!
Still not had any snow really this winter. Wonder if we'll get any at all. I've been wishing for some so Abigail can have fun and play in it, and she's wanting some too. But never know, might just have the frost/ice and no snow at all. Though we did have a sprinkle of snow in March last year, so all hope isn't gone yet!
Oh nearly forgot to say, Benjamin took a step or two on his own yesterday - twice! :) Yay! I stood him up and let go and he must have stood there for what seemed 20-30 seconds. So I turned him around and stood him up again where he could see the stairs in front of him (a favourite of his!) and he put one foot forward and then another before getting too excited with giggling and dropping to his bottom. I repeated the same again and he did it again, one foot and then the other, all on his own! Abigail thought it was really exciting too, so the three of us were all giggling and it meant he stopped concentrating and didn't get any further on that occasion. But I'm sure he'll be a walking little boy soon. He can cross the room quite easily just holding on to my finger. It will be interesting to have such a young baby mobile. He'll be 10 months on Friday but Abigail was a full year and 4 months before she walked on her own!
Here are a few photos, as always!
Benjamin in his Daddy's lap
Drinking his cup of water ... and probably spitting it out down his shirt too! He's such a messy (and cute!) little boy. :)
Abigail didn't want her photo taken so she was making a bit of a sour face!
Abigail showing off her batch of cupcakes with Thomas the Tank Engine decorations - she loves to help with baking!
Benjamin with a few bits of his diner either on his clothes, face, or tray!
Peter and Benjamin :)
Well, it's gone midnight, so I must get some sleep while my children are asleep!
6 comments:
Oh yes I know the feeling. The last few weeks I have had one or the other up at night either being sick or just want to sleep in mummy and daddys bed which then means I dont sleep!:) Its brilliant when they do finally start sleeping thru you really feel loads better! Really love seeing the photos of your wee ones! They are sure growing fast!
Well Amelia must have been about 13 or 14 months when she was walking really well. They say the second one does things faster so I guess that applies to Benjamin! Hope you get more sleep soon. I'm afraid I can't stay awake any longer then 10:30...and usually I'm in bed at 10...eeek, I know I sleep a lot. :S Just don't ask when I get up in the morning!! Because it isn't early!!
Rachel,
I do remember those days like they were yesterday. But are not they wonderful. I love your posting the pictures and the info on the babies tho abigail may not be considered a baby huh. well Allen just called said he was in Houston and will be done to visit a few minutes then back to Dallas. So will say so long and love all of you bunches. i spelled one word wrong if i try to correct it the comment might disappear so won't try
Keep up the posting - you're one of the blogs that I've bookmarked, so we check it regularly!! LOL
ttyl
Thanks for all the comments! Always nice to hear from those reading.
I'm assuming it's you Grammie that posted as "anonymous"! It's lovely to have a comment from you! Yes, the time spent looking after the children is indeed wonderful and so worthwhile. I must always remember to cherish the moments, as time passes so quickly and before you know it they'll be grown up. Abigail still talks about Texas all the time and freqently talks about Grammie & Grandpa too...*and* "Grammie's Reuben Dog" :-) We miss you lots & think of you often.
Well, hopefully I'll get another post written sometime soon. At the moment I'm without a computer, as it seems my harddrive on my laptop has crashed today! :( Or something else awful happened to it! We don't know what yet. I'm just hoping I'll be able to retrieve the years of photos which I have stored on there. Thankfully a lot of them are on Bebo too, but certainly not all! Anyway, I can sneak onto Peter's computer when it's not in use, ;) but obviously won't be on the computer much until I get mine up & running again.
I wanted to say that I really enjoyed the story of Benjamin's first steps! I've thought about it several times since I read it. Noah is just now starting to stand alone for a few seconds at a time, so I think it will be a while before he is walking. Elijah, on the other hand, was walking everywhere by 10 1/2 months...so I guess my boys are an exception to the "second ones do things faster" rule.
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