More teething

Look at this...my second post in the new blog...fun fun.

More sleepless nights...I don't know how I ever did it when she was a newborn. I guess at that point your hormones are all jacked up and you are running on so much adrenaline that you don't notice the sleepless nights.

Since Monday night, Miss J has been waking up consistently at 11pm, 1am, and 3am...and not wanting to go back to sleep. Argg. So what have I been doing? By the 3am mark I decide just to bring her to bed with us...and she of course falls right to sleep. But, now I feel bad, for bringing her to bed with us. We decided as a family that were were not going to co-sleep except for the early months as needed. Even then, we really didn't co-sleep, but more she was in our room in a pack and play and that was because it was more convenient to feed her in our bed (I could fall asleep if needed) rather than getting up every 3 hours to walk into her room and nurse her (fall asleep) sitting up in the chair. But once she was sleeping through the night, she was in her crib. And we didn't have any problems with that.

Except when she is not sleeping well. Usually the result of a cold, or in this case...teething. We did this a few weeks ago when she cut her two bottom teeth and was congested and had an ear infection. I brought her in to sleep with us in the middle of the night when she wouldn't go back to sleep and I was too exhausted to continue rocking her just to put her down and have her up and crying again. This lasted about a week, then she got better and, voila, no problem getting her back to sleeping in her own crib.

So why worry, right? I don't know. I just have this fear deep down that she will get used to it and she will be 4 years old and still sleeping in our bed. I know...odds are that won't happen because she sleeps fine in her own crib now, but still I have a concern.

My full take on it...she is uncomfortable, hurting, and the closeness of mom/dad or even just the smell of us takes away that hurting and makes her comfortable again. Actually, I know that is what it is. She falls right to sleep once she is in our bed...and sleeps through the night. I don't get the best nights sleep, but better than sleeping in a chair or while standing and rocking.

OK, so I just explained myself to myself. So I am fine...thanks for being a commentator to my conversation with myself!!

Poor girl though. Started early this week with a hoarse voice and then last night woke up with congestion and this morning a runny nose. I am 95% sure it is teething again. I can see the little buds on the top and this is exactly what happened last time. I just hope she doesn't get an ear infection again. I hate her being on anti-biotics. So, I am massaging her ears and below her ears to try and keep the fluid moving and keep it from getting clogged up. Maybe we will get by this time.

I would like her to be better for this weekend. DH's dad is in the hospital through the end of the month for a Bone Marrow transplant. He had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma about 4-years ago, went into remission as a result of a stem cell transplant, and the end of last year was diagnosed with another form of lymphoma. This time, they are using a donors stem cells/bone marrow and we hope his body will accept and it will put him in remission again. High prayers!! So he will have no good cells to fight off any colds, so we all have to be healthy if we go to see him. So, please pray that we will all be healthy this weekend to see him!

Back to work...