Well, yesterday was quite a challenge for us. Mady slept great, and then when she got up at around 10:30am, that was it for her. She was up, litterally, all day long. She took 3 short naps, all of which were about 30min long, and that was it all day. She was awake the whole day! And she was fussing and screaming about 75% of the time. I thought babies were supposed to sleep 16-18hours a day?! You think she would have been exhausted, but she kept fighting the urge to sleep. And we couldn't figure out what was bothering her either, that was a problem. Sometimes she was hungry, sometimes she needed a new diaper, sometimes she was chilly, sometimes she was hot, sometimes she just wanted to be in someones arms. Now don't get me wrong, i love her very very very much, but ALL DAY LONG!?!?!
Last night went better though, thank god. She fell asleep around 10pm, then woke up around 1030pm and was up until around 1130pm, then she was out for the night. She slept until about 530-545am and then she wanted a bottle. We changed her diaper, and about 15-20min later she was asleep again. She is still sleeping now, and it's about 9am. It's so hard to decide when to wake her and when to let her sleep, because i'm afraid she'll never go back to sleep once we wake her up. I was hoping to try to get her on a schedule, but to be honest i have no idea how to get a baby on a schedule...i thought we had one there for a while, at least a general guideline, but after yesterday i'm just lost again. Oh well, i guess that's part of being a new parent. It just breaks my heart when she cries and i don't know why..Frank is better at that "let her cry it out" part.
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I was eighteen when I had my daughter, my first of three. The learning curve was steep, but steady, and by the time I had my son six years ago it seemed almost easy. Don't worry, you'll catch on, and until you really do, baby's adjust a lot better than you would expect.
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