Lesson 3
A really good way to discover how the nights might feel…
1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM-10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly.
2. Eat cold food with one hand for dinner
3. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.
4. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.
5. Set the alarm for 3AM.
6. As you can’t get back to sleep, get up at 2AM, make a drink and watch an infomercial.
7. Go to bed at 2:45AM.
8. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.
9. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.
10. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive)Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.

Thankfully for us, the bulk of this one only lasted 10 weeks until Colt started sleeping through the night. But, we found out that when babies go through a growth spurt, this happens again (and we have felt it about every 4 weeks). Thankfully we, OK, actually Joe, goes into his room, puts the pacifier in his mouth, pats his head, and Colt goes back to sleep.

A big comment on #2. This is the one area that I have the most trouble with. When we go out to eat (or even at home), I spend most of my time trying to feed Colt and really can’t enjoy my meal (and yes, it is usually cold by the time I eat it). BUT, last weekend Joe took me out for a late Birthday celebration and it was the most enjoyable meal I have had in 18 months! It was hot. I took my time eating. There was no one to pull at my plate. No one to “Uh, Uh” to indicate he wanted something. It was heaven!