Sleepless nights

Well, one thing you won't be remembered as is a good sleeper at night time. Last night was probably the worst night since you were born, but there are so many bad nights that it is hard remember now which one was the worst...I guess the night you woke up every 45 minutes might have been the absolute worst and you did that a few times when I was still breastfeeding you to sleep. You must have been teething and you have a cold or something and we were up between 12 am till 3:45 am. Your Dad took the day off from work so we could all rest. I was in tears I was so tired and frustrated that after six months I still am getting up 2-3 times a night. It was hard last night as you were awake and you could not fall back asleep. Sleep has been a bit of a drama for me in terms of figuring out how to get you to sleep for naps and at night time. You are now easy as to put to sleep at night. We just close the door to your room and say, "Nite Nite Sunny Sun." and close the blind in our room and say, "Nite Nite Sunny Sun" and you immediately know it is time to sleep. I change your nappy, feed you and then wrap you and sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" twice and then put you in bed and sing a song that I invented to the tune of "Good bye Ladies" except it is "Good night Maia." And you usually just hum yourself to sleep or if you are so tired...just go right out like a little light.

What you did today that was funny. Well, you have decided if you don't want any more food and I ignore your closed mouth and insist on giving you more that you are going to blow raspberries with a mouth full of pumpkin for instance and then today, you started spitting your food at me. I started to laugh as it was so funny to see this little baby girl spitting food and blowing it out of her mouth in my direction.

Well, I am going to go to bed now. You seem to be sleeping very soundly and we hope that you will surprise us with a good night. We would like to keep you in our room, but the three nights we slept in another room separate from you, you slept through the night. So we may have to put you on your own, so we can all sleep. Not really what I had planned to do as I like you sleeping next to me, but I am so worn out after so many nights without a good rest.