Let's start at the beginning. The morning started early. Chase woke up at 4:45 a.m. That's early, even for him! I pulled him into bed with me, he nursed then fell asleep a short time after. We slept until 7:45 a.m. Well, I say "slept" but I don't really mean that. Sleeping with Chase nestled beside me in the crook of my arm is completely wonderful in so many ways, but equally not as wonderful in others.
You don't really "sleep" when Chase is beside you. There's the fear that you'll roll over on him followed equally by the fear that he will pull the sheets up over himself and suffocate. So, as a result, you keep the sheets below his feet but that means you freeze. It is not all that easy to sleep when you are freezing and you are worried about your infant's well being.
Then, there's the the fact that you don't want to move, don't want to breathe too hard for fear of waking your sleeping infant up. You'd pretty much do anything to keep him sleeping at this point. It's the wee hours of the morning, you're exhausted and you'd give anything to sleep even just one more hour, so you lie perfectly still, not moving an inch - until you feel Chase move. When he moves, you take the opportunity to quickly extend your arm, or stretch your legs or reposition your aching hips, or, if your lucky, roll over onto your back to relieve the pain. Usually though, when you do roll onto your back, he decides he wants to nurse again so you have to roll back onto your side. Oh your aching hips!
Anyway, long story short, Chase and I "slept" until 7:45 a.m. when we heard the call of Charlie. Charlie was is a good mood for most of the morning. He's a happy kid right now. Well rested. Playful. Helpful. An all around good little boy. So the morning was great except I COULD NOT get Chase to take a nap. I was so frustrated, discouraged, annoyed, you name it. I know he needs a nap. I know he's super tired. He just can't relax enough to nap and if he does fall asleep, he only stays asleep for 20-30 minutes. It's awful! Trust me. You can't get ANYTHING done in that amount of time.
So, skipping forward to after Charlie's nap. First of all, he slept for 3-hours and 15 minutes. Yes, that's absolutely wonderful. He's an excellent napper. The only bad thing is that I am going stir crazy because I have been in this house for too long. I want to go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. BUT after Charlie wakes up, he wants to play in his crib for awhile. Then he wants to play in the playroom. I'm begging him to go outside with me, but he's happy as a clam playing inside. I'm going nuts! FINALLY I drag Charlie outside at 3:45 p.m. Keep in mind that we have to come inside at 5 p.m. to start dinner because Chase takes his bath at 6 p.m., so we have lost most of the day. ARGH! Anyway, once we got outside, we enjoyed playing on the neighbor's swing set. Chase was able to swing for the first time (which he seemed thrilled about) and Charlie had fun sliding down the slide and playing in the sand. Then we went to Cooper's house (or as Charlie calls him... "Coo Coo") and played there for awhile. Charlie LOVES going over there because they have lots of trucks and they have an outdoor play set with a really big slide.
Dinner and Chase's bath time were uneventful. Everything went pretty smoothly. Charlie's bath time? Not so much. He pooped in the tub. WHAT IN THE WORLD?! So, lucky me. I got to clean POOP out of the tub on a Saturday evening. Oh joy.
Anyway, I'm attaching some photos of Charlie and Chase playing outdoors. Hope you enjoy! And hopefully your day wasn't quite as eventful as mine...
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