Hush Little Baby Don't You Cry...

Mamma's gonna sing you a lullaby......

Jacob slept through the night last night. He's waking up now at 6:20 but I'm so ok and happy wiht that. If I get a good night's sleep and don't wake up like a maniac, I'm good with whatever he does. He's in there babbling and bah bah bah'ing happy baby sounds.

I honestly do think he would have done it a bit sooner (maybe a week or so) but he's had another ear infection which when I think back to last Thursday or Friday all this waking up a ton in the night just for (I thought at first) his pacy then going back to sleep then waking up (we were in there like 12-14 times a night just giving him his pacy for about 3-4 nights) was all about his ear hurting but I didn't clue in till Sunday afternoon or so. He was cupping his hand over his right ear; between my husband and I, we saw him do that a good handful of times. Hello? And with the crankiness that is not typically him and the waking up only for his pacy, not wanting to be held, not hungry, I was so perplexed. Not till I saw the hand over his ear that I was like, "DUH! It's his poor little ear!" Oy! So, I whisked him to the Pediatrician on Monday and sure enough, his right ear is infected. Not four weeks ago or so, his left ear was infected. He's on antibiotics now and I can tell, he's getting back to the happy little Jaco we all know.

I swear, even though I have had two other children, at times, I truly feel as though I'm clueless or cannot remember things from Noah and Lucas. How can I not remember? Maybe for Noah, it's too long ago and because I think I'm going to have Alzheimers, I would never be able to remember anything in great detail (like feeding schedule when we transitioned to solid foods and still incorporating formula). For Lucas, maybe my not remembering isn't so much length of time but a coping mechanism. It's easier that way. So combine the two, and I really feel like a first time mom sometimes. Crazy.

Regardless, good job to the little one. We'll see if he can do it again tonight. Even if he doesn't, I still feel it's on the horizon very soon. There have been more than a few nights where he woke up and was able to get himself back to sleep with no crying whatsoever. Just woke up and did his "ahhhhhhoowwhooooobah bah bah's" for about a minute or two and falls back to sleep (with me literally waiting for one little cry so I can race in there if he needs me; my downfall but not really :)-----------

Good things....