Bed is better than Not Bed

That is our family motto. Bed is better than Not Bed. Because we love going to bed. All of us. Even Evelyn likes her bedtime routine, enjoys the pre-bed bath, likes to get her last bottle of the night, and then slips into sleep with nary a whimper or a cry. She just sleeps. (Now everyone together now, KNOCK ON WOOD. Because as soon as I type that our bedtime routine is going to go the way of the Dodo.)

Now, as much as Evelyn likes to go to bed, she doesn't always stay asleep. She goes to sleep well, but then she sometimes wakes up. Like both nights this weekend. We were up at least an hour each night, two hours one of the nights, with a fussy baby who would not go back to sleep. She was fussy and crying and hungry and happy and everything else. Exhausting. Jon took care of most of it, but Evelyn's room shares a wall with our bedroom, and the walls are thin.

If our family motto is "Bed is better than not bed," a closer runner up would be "Sleep begets sleep." When Evelyn sleep poorly, she usually naps poorly the next day, and then sleeps even more poorly the following night. It is a viscious cycle. (Have I posted that Evelyn is down to one nap per day? She is. It's a shame.) Finally finally on Sunday she took a good, long, serious nap, and finally finally on Sunday night she slept well. Until 6am, when she woke up. But that we can handle.

We still have nighttime feeding issues, which are largely due to parental laziness. OK, not laziness so much as "damn, we're tired and if we get an extra hour or so of sleep by giving this baby a 4am bottle then so be it!" No, I guess it is laziness. But that is not every night, just most nights. :)

So this weekend was pretty tiring. With a non-sleeping night-time baby, and then a very cranky and loud day-time baby, I was at my wits end by Sunday night. Thankfully Jon is around to make everything better. I have really gotten used to him being around all the time. It is nice. So nice. It will be one thing I miss when he goes back to work.

Also, pictures soon! Pumpkin-carving pictures! Stay tuned!