Jinx

[lollardfish]

I am surely jinxing myself by posting this, but I feel it's important to share things about my son that make me happy.

Nico is falling asleep, consistently, by himself. He drinks a bottle at night, fusses a little, is put in his crib, and ... silence. The next time I check, he's asleep.

Sleep in Venice was disastrous. We didn't have a baby bed, so instead put him on a mattress on the floor with a wall and another mattress to keep him from rolling off. He never fell off accidentally, but it meant that anytime he woke up he could just leave! And leave he did - to find us, to find toys, to wander. Sometimes he'd go down at 6 and wake at 9, then be up until 12. Other nights, he'd wake at 2 and be up to 4. It kept changing, it was unpredictable, and we couldn't really seem to influence it. This was long after jet lag had passed, and I still don't really know what was going on.

We came back, sleep remained complex while jet lag faded, and then suddenly - perfection. Although I miss him passing out on me, one actually wants a child to learn to fall asleep by themselves. It's happening. At least this week.

But if there's one thing we've learned - whenever we seem to understand Nico's pattern, he changes. I'll keep you all informed.

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[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

But if there's one thing we've learned - whenever we seem to understand Nico's pattern, he changes.

HA! Believe me, that has nothing to do with his extra chromosome!

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we know.

Parenting Nico is mostly like parenting any other child, just the phases (good and bad) are very slow, and we have this team of people who come to our house all the time.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Treasure the perfection of "this week." And of similar weeks, months, and years to come, if perhaps not all consecutively.

Thanks for sharing your joy. Now I'm happy because I'm eating pumpkin ice cream and because Nico is falling asleep on his own.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Now I'm happy because Nico is asleep, but sad because I lack pumpkin ice cream.

[bellebonnesage.livejournal.com]

No no no! If it's bad it's a phase (because they pass), if it's good it's a stage :-)

And congratulations to you all!

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I read this and was suddenly seized by an irresistible urge. So I went downstairs, dished up some vanilla ice cream, microwaved it for ten seconds, opened a can of pumpkin and threw in a 1/4 cup and mixed it all together. Now I'm eating it. I've never tried it before, but it's damn delicious and may become a new habit.

So thanks, Geri. You've given me a wonderful new discovery.

(Damn. That was soooo good I may just go downstairs and fix myself another bowl. I need my vitamin A, right???)

[mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com]

I wonder if those are times he normally wakes or stirs at night but can't usually set out on a venture, so just nods right back off.

Says the lady who wakes up many times a night.

24 days!

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

We wonder just that too ...