June 11: We had a lovely day yesterday! After many days of rain, I was ready for a sunshiny day. The weekend and Monday were a little rough sleep-wise. Sylvie kinda stopped napping during the day, and she decided to wake up every hour and a half or two hours at night. On Monday, I felt really fuzzy and groggy and unable to finish thoughts or be particularly coherent. Tuesday, though, we went with Kathy, Alivia, and Rayna to our neighborhood park where we played and picnicked for over five hours. I had no idea so much time had gone by. THEN, both children slept at the same time for nearly two hours. This really hasn’t happened before. 45 minutes, 20 minutes…possible. But an hour! Two! Oh, bliss. I let Sylvie sleep on my lap for the first hour. These days I don’t let her do that much because I don’t want her to need to sleep on my lap, but I really wanted her to sleep. Then for the second hour of her long nap (the longest in days), I was not doing anything for either child. It was amazing.
Last night, I was home alone in the evening and both kids went down smoothly. Sylvia didn’t nurse from 8pm until 3:30 am. I slept from 11pm until 3:30 straight. Oh delicious REM sleep. It does so much for a person’s mental health. Over four hours of continuous sleep was just what the doctor ordered. In fact, when she got up again at 4:30, I couldn’t fall asleep afterwards because I felt so very rested. I wanted to get things done!
Today we’re planning to hang out with Jessica, Eli, and Ceila. The weather seems promising again. Should be a fun, fun day!
Andrew is currently negotiating with me to go “All by myself to JabaCat.” (really Java Cat).
I said, “What if someone sees you riding alone to JabaCat and says, ‘Little boy, where is your mother?'”
Andrew said, “I would tell them, ‘She’s at home!.”
He’s now saying, “I’m getting ready…I’m ready to go. I can put on my shoes all by myself.”
I think I may need to intervene here.