Rowan has developed an interesting morning habit. Ever since he was born, he's basically eaten a meal around 8pm, another around midnight, and another around 4am. Then he'd wake up and want to eat around 7am and stay awake, which worked beautifully. The last couple of nights, things haven't been quite as peachy. The night before last, the 4am-ish feeding fell around 4:30am. Once he was finished eating, Rowan decided it surely must be morning, and he should in fact stay awake and greet the day! I managed to convince him, through rocking, pacifiers, and a little persistence, that he should in fact sleep just a little more. So I got about 45 more minutes out of him. This morning, the 4am feeding fell around 5am (we had an interesting evening which pushed things a touch later than usual...but that's another post altogether). After this 5am feeding, Rowan was *really* sure it was morning, and when I finally did succeed in getting him to doze back off, he only slept for about half an hour.
Overall, I certainly can't complain. My mom is here taking the midnight feeding, so I sleep many consecutive hours before the 4am feeding anyway. I think what burns my buns is sitting here wide awake with sun streaming in the windows, looking at the video baby monitor where Rowan is sleeping like a log. Is there anyone out there who can just shut down your body and go into instant hibernate when your baby does? If so, I'd like to know the trick! I'd be so much better rested if I could sleep when he does. I know my Grampies had the secret to instant snoring anywhere, but I never thought to ask him what it was. He probably would have said, "You'll know when you're my age". Would I be willing to pay the price? It might mean that I, like Grampies, could never stay awake for another movie again. Ever. Hmm...weighing pros and cons, I think I'd take the deal!