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<\/a> I feel like lately I’ve only\n been posting when I’m tired and cranky, so I restrained from
\n posting last night and decided to start on a good note :) I’m
\n so excited about Christmas – less than two weeks now! We have a
\n little Christmas tree up and Lex is entranced each morning when
\n I turn the lights on. He just stares with his little O mouth.
\n He has also been “helping” me wrap presents. He loves the
\n wrapping paper (and it’s good because its thick enough that it
\n doesn’t rip immediately) and he likes playing with the ribbons
\n and bows. I think he’ll have fun on Christmas morning. <\/p>\n
Happy holidays all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cold, clear, sunny, and everything is snow covered. Currier and Ives-type of day. Beautiful. I feel like lately I’ve only been posting when I’m tired and cranky, so I restrained from posting last night and decided to start on a … Continue reading <\/a> I decided this week that we
\n need to get serious about sleeping. He still isn’t sleeping
\n through the night, and it’s getting more and more difficult to
\n put him down for naps and at night. Right now it almost seems
\n like he’s in pain or something, but he screams his head off
\n when we lay him in the crib. No fun. Sometimes he falls asleep
\n after a few minutes of screaming, but other times it’s almost
\n impossible. He finally fell asleep last night after I rocked
\n him for a long time in the dark living room with some calming,
\n womb music playing. It breaks my heart though because I don’t
\n see him all day then when I get home I have about an hour with
\n him before bedtime and then I spend another hour with him
\n screaming as I try to put him to bed. He must hate me. Not
\n really, I’m sure, but it’s hard. And I know it’s best for him
\n to go to sleep, but it’s getting harder and harder.<\/p>\n<\/a> I’ve read all the advice
\n about sleeping and the one thing that we don’t do, and I’m sure
\n will help, is a solid routine. We just aren’t very routine
\n people ourselves, so it’s tough trying to implement that for
\n him. All along I’ve sort of assumed that he’ll outgrow this and
\n start sleeping soon, but yesterday it occured to me that he may
\n not outgrow it and as he moves into the toddler years it will
\n probably just get worse. Ack!! So, we are going to work on
\n routine for Lex and by default routine for Alan and I. This is
\n a pretty bad time of year to start this (travelling next
\n weekend, Christmas the following), but I’m going to give it a
\n shot. Worst that will happen is no change :) I really like
\n cuddling with him the bed though when he’s sleeping nicely.
\n I’ll miss that once he sleeps through the night in his crib.
\n But, I know it’s for the best. <\/p>\n<\/a> Ok, now back to work with me.
\n This month has been slower than the last few, and for that I’m
\n grateful. I feel like I’m finally on top of things at work and
\n able to go above and beyond – instead of just barely eeking by.
\n Imagine what I could do with a full nights sleep! :) <\/p>\n