Night night, sleep tight!

We had a traumatic night last night. After much thought and a discussion with my friend Denyelle, I knew I had to do something drastic about Colin’s habit of waking up two to three times per night. So, at 12:30 when he woke up, I went in, rubbed his head and belly, but didn’t pick him up. In the words of the baby whisperer, it's important to let a baby know he or she is loved and isn't being abandoned, but they need to learn to self soothe. Colin continued to fuss, and I went in a few times for comfort, but then finally went back to bed. I lay there wanting to run in and scoop him up, but I stayed strong. After an hour, his fusses finally quieted. (The longest hour of my life!) Then at 4:30am, his cries resumed and we repeated the whole process over again. It was so hard to let him cry, but I knew he had to capability of sleeping through the night since he has done it often on occasion... SO, it was a matter of breaking a bad habit we recently had formed of getting up and down all night. Around 5:15am, his crying came to a stop. He slept soundly until 7:45am (although I had gone in around 7am because I couldn't take it any longer and needed to check on my sweet pea...he was sleeping like a baby!) As he awoke, I went in, more like ran in and brought him in with us. I opened the drapes so he knew it was morning and he nursed and nursed. We played in bed for a while and he was all smiles as always... But man, it was so hard on all 3 of us. I pray tonight is easier!!

Our little Turkey

I think about what a year it has been... our little Colie bear being of course, the most important thing to ever happen to us... We are so thankful for our healthy little boy and the fact that he brings such joy and love to our hearts. This morning, he slept until 4:30am - this is actually good for him as of late. Poor little guy is definitely hurting as he constantly is grabbing at his mouth and attempting to chew on any toy, finger, or shoulder he can reach. His two little nubs of teeth have come through and we hope the worst is behind him, and us!

Giving this a shot

I have decided to try out blogging just for fun. I can't be certain I will keep up as well as I know others do, but it might be fun to just post here and there... Here, I open the window into our home and share some of life's precious moments with Colin.

I titled this blog "something to laugh and smile about each day", because as we were leaving the hospital with our 'barely 6 pound peanut", the last nurse came in to do a final check out and her parting words to us were "you will be amazed at how you will laugh and smile each day at things you never imagined possible"... I often think of these words and just how true they are. In the early weeks, we found many laughs over Colin's poop explosions, smiles over our sleeping child and smiles between momma and papa in the contentment and sweetness of being new parents.

And Colin is now 7 months old and we continue to smile and laugh... he is rolling and sitting and babbling... We celebrated our first thanksgiving together and boy did we have a lot to be thankful for. As always, Colin was a champ among the chaos of splitting the day between the two sides of the family. He was the most popular person at both dinners, with many family member oohing and ahhing over him... he was bright eyed and curious- that is, until one too many persons surrounded him and his lower lip began to curl downward followed by a cry that screamed "overwhelm"! But he made it through and we are better prepared for the next holiday which is right around the corner!