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Okay, so yesterday I managed to smush Princess Tater Tot’s little fingers in her high chair, forget about a doctor’s appointment for her, and be quite late with one of her feedings due to running off to the doctor because they said they could squeeze us in.  I’m not winning Mother Of The Year.  But I got a chance to make it up to her when she woke up crying last night.  I ended up rocking her a bit more but she wouldn’t go down in her crib so I slept with her on my chest in the big, comfy recliner in her room until she was so zonked out she didn’t notice she was being transferred back to her crib.  I think she was having tummy trouble because she was squirming so much but she settled down after a while and it was so sweet to have her little sleeping body on mine. 

It took me back to the times when that’s the only way she would sleep and I’d have to make sure I didn’t drink any water for several hours before bed or I’d be sitting there debating in the middle of the night “Do I get up and go pee and risk waking her up when I put her down in her crib or do I continue with the excrutiating pain of holding it for another couple of hours?”  Then there was always the “Good Lord it’s cold in here!  How exactly do I get this blanket off the back of the chair and over us without waking her up?”  I have to say, though, there is not much better a thing in this world than waking up with your little one’s face right next to yours, so peaceful and lovely.  Then she squirms and digs a knee in where it doesn’t belong.  Gak!  Time to risk waking her up and go empty the bladder.

I’m not sure now how I was able to sleep at all that way (with her on me in a recliner) but somehow I did.  And I remember feeling ambivalent about trying to get her to sleep on her own in her crib.  I liked having her sleep with me.  Although she did weigh quite a bit less back then…  Let’s just say that it was nice to have the snuggle time and a chance to redeem myself but I continue to be very grateful that she sleeps 11-12 hours a night in her own crib!

New Year’s Resolution update: still no caffeine, sugar or wine.  Head feels better and body is starting to.  Yay me!