Friday, January 6, 2006

Rambling with a House Update

Tonight is the 3rd night that I have been without Kent.  Last night was the first night that I was completely alone to do all the bedtime routines with the babies.  To say it was hard would be an understatement.  It took me two hours to do the whole thing.  I started feeding Zoey at 7pm.  Gave her a bath after that and got her asleep.  Then gave Jon Kent his bath.  When I went to get him out of the tub he didn't want to get out so he started whining.  Which woke Zoey up.  Jon Kent is naked with his towel on his head and is walking around behind me while I get Zoey settled back down.  Then I started trying to get Jon Kent into his PJs.  By the time he was in his diaper Zoey is BACK to crying.  I get her settled back down and asleep and then finish things up with Jon Kent.  He is asleep and in bed by 9pm.  THEN Zoey wakes up to eat at 9:30pm and I get her fed, changed, and back in bed by 10:30pm.  I crawl into bed at 10:45pm and am awaken by Jon Kent crying and wanting in the bed with me at 11:15pm.  Get him in the bed with me and he wiggles and kicks until roughly 12am.  Kent gets home a little after midnight and gets in the bed around 1am.  Zoey gets up at 1ish for a feeding and then at 5:30am-ish for another feeding.  At the 5:30 feeding Jon Kent sits up in bed and I'm guessing thinks it's time to get up as well.  I really don't think he actually went back to asleep.  If he did it was only for cat naps.  He gets up at 7am and Kent gets up with him.  I stay in bed with Zoey...  Kent...such a trooper.  We all took naps this morning...lol.  Anyway, tonight went MUCH smoother.  My parents came over and helped with getting everyone bathed and feed.  Both babies are asleep now but Zoey should be getting up soon for a feeding.  Then it is bed for me...  I am really hoping that Jon Kent will stay asleep and stay in his bed tonight.  Anyone got any advice on getting him to sleep through the night.  I mean he is almost 14 months old and still hasn't been a regular through the night sleeper...

In other news, the house is slllooowwwlllyyy coming along.  They have started on the floors and have all the doors delivered to the house.  Now, if we could only get the people to work more than one day a week...  I mean I understand that the holidays will slow things down, but the holidays are over.  There is no excuse for not coming out and working now.  And to top it off, the guy told Kent Monday or Tuesday that he would be done with all the molding by today.  Um, yeah...  We haven't seen them since...

The pictures are of Zoey that I took earlier in the week and of the house.  By the way, Zoey is 5 weeks old today!!  She is getting a lot more alert and is really starting to hold her head up pretty well.  She smiles more now too.  I know they aren't responsive smiles but they are still just as cute.

Well, I better get going...  Zoey will be up soon.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

SHE IS SO CUTE! tHEY SURE CAN WEAR ONE OUT THOUGH..

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry no advice on getting John Kent to stay sleeping in his bed other than going in with him and rubbing his back, talking softly to him and reassuring him that he's fine. He's still such a baby himself that although they understand quite a bit, they don't understand so much more, and when they're only half-way awake...ugh.

Big deep breaths and know that one of these days he will stay asleep. Since your hubby works nights, the thing that worked best for us would be a little harder for you, except when he is home....which is have hubby go in with him, lay with him or sit and rub his back until he falls back to sleep.

We're cosleepers, although both the boys are in their beds for the majority of the night if they wake up most often they join me in bed (a lot more room since my dh is deployed to Iraq). If it gives you any hope...my 28 month old normally doesn't wake up until no earlier than 5 am to climb in bed with me and that's really a rare occasion that early, it's normally about 7.

God Bless
Christy

Anonymous said...

Emily, my mom wants me to tell you it takes time.  Austin is 3 1/2 years old and he does not sleep through the night.  He's up til 11 sometimes and he still can't get through the night.  It just takes a while.  You'll strike the balence...eventually.  -Dawn-