So, I am a 1st time mommy...and my mind is full of questions about my son and the way I'm doing things all throughout the day. Yesterday was filled with questions about why my son would not sleep. I was up and down with him beginning at 2am until 8am (when he then slept for 2hrs in my bed after feeding). Honestly, the entire day he did not sleep more than 30minute stretches, and most of the time it wasn't even that long. Every time he was layed down in his bed, he would wake up. So, the question running through my mind is, "what have I done to cause this?" I wanted him to sleep so badly...not just because I was tired, but because I knew his 6week old little body needed the sleep. Lately, I must confess, that during the late night/middle of the night feedings I have been so tired that I allow him to fall asleep on my chest for a bit before getting up and putting him back in his bed. Has this started a bad habit of him not wanting to sleep on his back in his bed? (His bed is still the bassinet beside our bed) I also haven't been as rigid on every 3hr feeding, sometimes it's 3, sometimes it's 2.5, sometimes 2 hours apart. Have I thrown off his little "schedule?" Is it even possible for a 6week old to have a schedule?
Well after a long day of very little sleep, the little guy did it. He slept for 6hrs! But does this count when his daddy put him in his car seat and walked him around the house in it to get him to sleep, and then we put the car seat in his bassinet?! Haha! *note: this is the 1st time we have ever done that, but desperate times call for desperate measures* Are we bad parents? I thought...is this bad for my son to sleep in his car seat? It was positioned in the bassinet to where he was laying back, not sitting straight up, just in case you were wondering (or worrying).
Today is a new day! We'll see how it goes...
I got a picture of his sleepy smile with my cell phone yesterday...
