Sleepy girl

I am one tired mama lately! Maddy has decided to switch around her days and nights, and she has been up all night wanting to eat every half hour, and then sleeps through the whole day.

We’re starting to fix it, but it’s going to take lots of patience. I decided that I’m going to wait at least 2 hours between feedings, because she just kind of gets in a cycle where she wants to eat when she’s not really hungry, then only eats a little bit, so she’s kind of hungry again half an hour later, but still not hungry enough to really eat a full meal. So hubby has been staying up with her all night (he works nights, so he’s up anyway) and walking around with her for 2 hours until it’s time to feed her again.

It’s working a little bit, but it’s slow progress. Last night she slept for one stretch of 3 hours, and I was so happy!! It’s funny how much my perspective on sleep has changed–I’m getting excited if I just get to go to sleep at all! She has been awake most of today, which is good, because hopefully it means she’ll be tired by tonight. Fingers crossed.

For all the complaining, though, she really is such a sweet little girl. She loves to cuddle, and makes cute little noises, and has her eyes wide open all the time looking at everything. She can even push up on her hands and lift up her head, which I thought she wasn’t supposed to do for quite a while yet.

It’s funny, because I was worried the whole pregnancy about whether I would have any maternal instincts. I’ve never been the type of person who just naturally knows how to interact with babies–I’m always afraid I’ll break them. So I was really scared that they would hand her to me at the hospital and I wouldn’t feel anything. But I just instantly fell in love with her. I love just looking at her sweet little face with her chubby cheeks and big blue eyes. And I think I have pretty good instincts–the couple times I’ve ignored the doctor’s advice and just done things my own way, I ended up being right, and she’s doing great.

I also think it’s kind of funny that the last couple months of my pregnancy the doctors had me scared that she would be a huge baby, and were even talking about inducing me because of her size, but then it turns out she’s extra tiny to the point where they were worried about her for a few days. Doesn’t make me trust the doctors too much! Their weight estimate on her was off by almost 3 pounds!

Anyway, I think I’ll go be productive while she’s sleeping, because who knows when it will happen again!