Being Momma G: Day 19

5 hours. 5 long hours of screaming, crying, kicking, and more screaming. Who would have thought a baby could have that kind of endurance?

5 hours. That's how long the little man was awake last night before finally falling asleep at 2am. When he woke at around 8.30pm, we thought he might enjoy a bath, a feed, and fall asleep after a little while. Boy, were we wrong!!!

After the bath, Sean did feed, and he fed well. He looked tired at the end of the feed, and we went to wrap him and ready him for bed. At this point, Sean decided he was going to fight sleep and fight with all his might.

Between 9pm and 2am, the little man slept for about 30 minutes all together. I tried valiantly to settle Sean in the living room, trying very hard to let Jonathan sleep as he had to be up at 5am to go to work, but to no avail. Sean screamed from the 9pm feed to the midnight feed, with no signs of wanting to sleep. After trying to settle him for hours, I was so frazzled by 1.30am that I started screaming at him. At this point, Jonathan came out of the bedroom and took over. I was dead on my feet, my eyes were rolling into the back of my head, and I had no patience at all, so I gladly let Jonathan take over and fell dead into bed. Jonathan told me later that it took him about 30 minutes to finally get Sean to sleep.

Once he fell asleep, Sean stayed asleep until nearly 8am. Poor little mite must have been so exhausted from fighting off sleep when he was suppose to sleep. I certainly didn't complain, but poor Jonathan slept through the alarm and ended up getting to work half an hour late.

Sean was pretty well behaved all day, sleeping after each feed and settling well. By the time Jonathan came home from work, Sean had been a perfect angel for me all day.

Jonathan and I had arranged to see Dr Siva again today to get booster shots to prevent whooping cough, so at 5pm, we set off for the surgery. Sean got a few cuddles from Aunty Penny when we arrived at the surgery, and he was totally awake by the time Dr Siva was ready to see us. Unfortunately, he was also ready for a feed, and screamed his little head off for the rest of our appointment. We dropped by Eastwood to pick up some roast duck and BBQ pork for dinner, and Sean cried the whole way there and the whole way home.

Once home, we made sure Sean was the first one to be fed, and he and Jonathan enjoyed a little bit of Daddy-Son time afterwards. Sean was a bit unsettled after this feed, but after a while, he did sleep. Jonathan and I grabbed dinner while Sean slept, and managed to watch some TV shows before he woke for his next feed at 10pm.

We wonder what tonight will hold for us. Fingers crossed the little man will sleep tonight. Jonathan and I both desperately need some rest, and hope Sean can feel that too.