goodbye sleep... I miss you
Well, the child kept me up most of the night again.
About 10 days ago, I decided that I was going to make a very solid attempt at solving some of Sennen's sleep problems. Most notably that fact that she doesn't ever sleep through the night... and rarely has in her first year. So, I decided (since she was keeping me awake most of the night) that I would toss my patience into the ring and see if I couldn't wait her down in her own bed. Normally, she goes to sleep in her own bed, and then when she wakes up screaming, gets moved to someone elses bed.
The result: Success. She no longer screams to be taken into anyone elses bed. Also, she has done almost 13 hours straight through the night. Last night was the first real deviation from this schedule where she insisted on waking up at 2am and playing in her crib with me watching until 4am. And now she's up at her normal time. I expect a long nap this morning... the question is when.
I will never mock another parent who says that parenting is tough. This dwarfs every other job I've ever done, and it's 10x worse when you have to be "on" all day long in order to keep them happy when they are having a bad day. Her cuteness on good days makes it all worth it.
Now, my time on the computer is extremely limited lately, but I have managed to find myself some new music, which shouldn't surprise anyone.
The first band is a new one from 1 (or more) of the Blink 182 guys. Angels and Airwaves is nothing like Blink, but a more progressive/poppy type sound. It's probably radio friendly, but I don't know if it will be played on mainstream stations. "We Don't Need To Whisper" is a fantastic album, and I recommend everyone check it out.
And now for something completely different. Seeed. Somehow 11 Germans decided that they were going to make some bass heavy Reggae/Dub style music infused with a Hip-Hop flare (without sounding stupid). It's absolutely fantastic. And, the vocals are in english. Their third album, "Next!" is just fantastic... but so is everything else they have done. It's catchy as hell and nothing like what I normally listen to, but Sennen is a huge Reggae fan and dances her ass off (yes, she is only 1) to this shit, so it's been bombarding my ears for the last month.
I have a ton of pictures of the area that I'm trying to get around to posting, but it's taking me a long time to get that done. I'm sure it will happen soon.
Later from BC.
About 10 days ago, I decided that I was going to make a very solid attempt at solving some of Sennen's sleep problems. Most notably that fact that she doesn't ever sleep through the night... and rarely has in her first year. So, I decided (since she was keeping me awake most of the night) that I would toss my patience into the ring and see if I couldn't wait her down in her own bed. Normally, she goes to sleep in her own bed, and then when she wakes up screaming, gets moved to someone elses bed.
The result: Success. She no longer screams to be taken into anyone elses bed. Also, she has done almost 13 hours straight through the night. Last night was the first real deviation from this schedule where she insisted on waking up at 2am and playing in her crib with me watching until 4am. And now she's up at her normal time. I expect a long nap this morning... the question is when.
I will never mock another parent who says that parenting is tough. This dwarfs every other job I've ever done, and it's 10x worse when you have to be "on" all day long in order to keep them happy when they are having a bad day. Her cuteness on good days makes it all worth it.
Now, my time on the computer is extremely limited lately, but I have managed to find myself some new music, which shouldn't surprise anyone.
The first band is a new one from 1 (or more) of the Blink 182 guys. Angels and Airwaves is nothing like Blink, but a more progressive/poppy type sound. It's probably radio friendly, but I don't know if it will be played on mainstream stations. "We Don't Need To Whisper" is a fantastic album, and I recommend everyone check it out.
And now for something completely different. Seeed. Somehow 11 Germans decided that they were going to make some bass heavy Reggae/Dub style music infused with a Hip-Hop flare (without sounding stupid). It's absolutely fantastic. And, the vocals are in english. Their third album, "Next!" is just fantastic... but so is everything else they have done. It's catchy as hell and nothing like what I normally listen to, but Sennen is a huge Reggae fan and dances her ass off (yes, she is only 1) to this shit, so it's been bombarding my ears for the last month.
I have a ton of pictures of the area that I'm trying to get around to posting, but it's taking me a long time to get that done. I'm sure it will happen soon.
Later from BC.
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