Sleeping Arrangements

It is funny how the first thing people ask you when you have a newborn baby is "Does he sleep good" or "Are you getting any sleep?". I usually answer these types of questions with "He sleeps like a baby. He is up every 2-4 hours to eat." The truth is that Gus and I go into "survival mode" during the first few weeks of our boys' lives. That means that we do whatever it takes for us all to get as much sleep as possible. Thankfully I have an AMAZING husband that is willing to help me with this. Right now our sleeping arrangements start the night with Micah and Gus sleeping in the guest bed and me in our bed. (By the way, some think it really "bad" or "strange" that we allow the baby to sleep with us, but did you realize that ALL other mammals sleep with their newborn young?) Gus brings the baby to me when he needs to be fed, which usually falls anywhere between 1am-3am. I nurse, change, and get him back to sleep and take him back to Gus. Micah will wake up to eat again about 2-3 hours later. After this feeding, I will sometimes take him back to Gus or just keep him with me. Also somewhere in the 2am-3am range Elias will wake up and come to my room. I then have to take him and lay in his bed with him for about 10 minutes. Overall I get at least 5-6 broken hours of sleep a night, but I honestly feel pretty good most mornings. These arrangements may seem strange, but it is the way that allows us all to get the best sleep possible with a newborn and 3 year old that STILL does not sleep through the night. In a week or two we hopefully will start transitioning Micah to sleep in the bassinet beside our bed. I hope it works and Gus and I can start sleeping in the same bed again!

On another funny note. Elias told me the other day "You are such a nerd!" He told me that he learned that from watching Spiderman with Uncle Javi. According to Elias, Mary Jane says it to Peter Parker. I probably should not have laughed as hard as I did!