We are learning more about Rowan's personality. For one thing, it turns out that he is not such a great sleeper. In fact, he's rather grumpy about his sleep. If he doesn't get to sleep when he wants to, he quickly gets overtired and miserable. So we have to be hyper vigilant to catch that 5-10 minute window of tiredness before he goes into meltdown mode and it becomes very difficult to calm him down.
Even worse, if he gets woken up from a nap too soon––perhaps say if a sibling's shriek rises up through the floor boards and rattles him from his slumber––then we're really in trouble. It's almost impossible to get him back to sleep and the next nap is also in jeopardy.
When he does fall into a deep sleep, though, it's wonderful. He'll sleep for two hours straight. He loves his naps! And he's the first newborn we've had that actually sleeps in his bed!
Nights could be better. Rowan still wakes up every two hours. It has not been easy to get up that much and then function well during the day. Thankfully, our family and friends have been so generous with bringing us meals these last four weeks. That has saved me quite a bit of work!
Silas and Allie are doing well. You can see some of their adventures below.
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| Allie playing outside on a beautiful fall day. |
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| Example of Rowan taking a great nap. Although this one was not in his bed... an exception to the norm. |
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| Watching a video together... something they do way too often these days. |
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| Allie was enjoying playing in a leaf pile in the backyard. |
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| Ta da! |
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| The first time Rowan tried out the sling. |
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| Silas contemplating a cat food mess that he had made. |
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| The boys hanging out. |
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| Daddy entertaining the kids. |
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| Time to feed the baby! Like mother, like daughter. |
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