Day seven –

It is possible that our son has finally slept through the night! A disoriented mom was addressing a fussy boy at 5:00 a.m. (I rescued her from the confusion) but that was the only wake-up call that I am aware of…there is hope for full-nights of sleep yet. Today is spring-forward – we are losing an hour of sleep. I suspect this will work to our advantage; Lil’ man has consistently been waking up a half hour early for feedings.

Although our son did sleep deeper into the night, he still awoke for the 1:00 a.m. Binky check. Early in the morning, I learned that my wife’s grandfather was growing increasingly weak and was expected to pass on soon – this will be an emotional kind of day. I managed the 6:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. feedings and felt emotionless, as a zombie must, through each of the events. Mom took over the 9:00 a.m. playtime, getting a chance to enjoy our developing son. Mom left the house for necessaries around 11:00 a.m. After the 12:00 a.m. feeding, we had our tummy time. He is doing quite well rolling over and holding his head up, while on his belly. Mom helped him to practice some crawling and went off to prepare a quick lunch. Just before lunch was ready, our lil’ man lay down to sleep, without giving us much fuss. Dad was already done; a nap was absolutely necessary. I took to bed like a bee to a flower. I slept for two hours. By 5:00 p.m., there was a lot of fuss coming from the baby room. Our son was not happy with his day. Several rounds of singing left both mom and dad tired; we were becoming defeated. The 9:00 p.m. feeding went well and lil’ man lay down to sleep, without any fuss – he was finally tired. Mom made baby food for the next day and I (dad) was grateful for the advance preparations.