Saturday, April 15, 2006

Too Much Sleep


I know that new mothers everywhere are going to hate me for this complaint, but our daughter is sleeping through the night. My complaint? It scares me! I put Bradyn down at 10:05 last night, fully expecting that I'd have to feed her around 3 or so. At 7:30 this morning, I bolted awake and ran to make sure she was still breathing. She's been sleeping on average about 6 1/2 or 7 hours a night this past week but last night was 9 1/2 and I thought for sure there was something wrong. I know I should be thrilled because she's obviously getting the food she needs from me and she must be a very happy and content baby. However, like every new Mom, I worry about her. Despite getting at least 6 hours of sound sleep, I'm still exhausted by the end of the day. Sherri said that when you are breastfeeding, it's like running a 1/2 (or was it a full?) marathon every day. Too bad I'm not seeing the aerobic benefits on my body from that... still 18 pounds to go. I guess that's not bad when you consider that I gained 50 (yes Sherri, 50 - not 30 like you). My goal is to get back to the gym next week and hopefully kick that breast-feeding metabolism into high gear.

3 Comments:

At April 16, 2006 6:26 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

By the look of this picture you're right - she's perfectly fine! Enjoy the sleep while you have it because there's always another growth spurt around the corner when she'll eat, eat, eat!

 
At April 16, 2006 8:53 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Enjoy the sleep as Sherri says things have a way of changing very rapidly. Bradyn looks so cute in her bonnet waiting patiently for a long stroller ride. Sorry sweetheart Gramma can't come and play today.

 
At April 18, 2006 8:55 am, Blogger Char said...

Yes, yes I do hate you. Kaylin is eight months and has slept that long about, oh, ten times in her life! Oh well, enjoy it for the rest of us. (and enjoy it while it lasts...hopefully it will)

 

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