August 13, 2004
1st night home
i am tired. my son apparently is not. he's in my arm as I bounce him, looking all around, moving his tiny hands and arms. he's been crying most of the night, except when he's eating, but we cant do that all night, as much as he would apparently like to. mama needs sleep, so here we are. he apparently likes bouncing, so we bounce, me and the cutest creature ever. i need to remember that i've looked forward to moments like these for many months.
hopefully soon he'll catch on to the idea that there's good times to be awake and good times to sleep.
Posted by bobw at August 13, 2004 02:30 AM
I love the way you wrote this entry about your new son...Very happy for you...and I'll pray for sleep
Hang in there, little fella will get it figured out. Congratulations! What a blessing.
I was up at 5:30, with my sleep deprived son. We probably were night owls together. There is a peace that transends sleep some nights where you look out at the blueness outside and know that this will pass in time and sleep will come. And I must admit that watching the sun come up everyday at the first morning feeding became somewhat of a romantic scene. Psalm 127 is comforting.
There's nothing to describe the first couple months with a newborn. Refiner's fire? So many changes, so many blessings. Andy was so tired that one time he left with Gid to change the diaper and came back with the little guy all cute with his onesie buttoned underneath and all. Then we realized Andy had forgotten to put a new diaper on! Had buttoned the onesie right in the diaper spot and not noticed a thing. Ah, perpetual sleeplessness. He'd done two-thirds a great job. We'll not stop praying for you. Enjoy falling deeper and deeper in love with your son.
Yeah, I read somewhere that baby's have an issue with going from 24/7 non stop feeding (via the umbilical cord) to only getting food during whatever schedule ya'll work out. Every baby is different, every parent is different. You will understand each other soon enough. Let us know when we can come meet Caleb! (And I look forward to hearing about Katie's first meeting with the baby.)
Congratulations, Bob! Keep on bouncing.
I am so happy to hear of little Caleb! I will continue to pray for your little family in your (likely) sleepless days/nights ahead.
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