Except…

Hearing the music through the wall and then through the baby monitor, I feel very awakened and, even, stressed. My brain gets caught repeating the music again and again, instead of relaxing into nighttime and sleep mode.

So, that’s not cool for me. I feel like I need a calm and smoother sound bath right now to counteract all the music from tonight. My whole body feels like it is vibrating right now from the music repeating itself within me so much and so loudly.

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Bedtime party

My husband has taken on showering and putting our daughter to bed the past two nights, and he has turned it into a whole celebration each time. They have music playing, they’re jamming and she’s squealing with delight in the shower, and it just sounds so fun. And energizing, frankly. But it seems to get all of her extra energy out and just knock her out. And I mean out. Last night, she didn’t even get a chance to try to drink the milk he was prepping to give her (instead of nursing from me like she usually does before bed). He said she passed out on his shoulder while he was warming the milk, and that she didn’t budge even when he tried sticking the bottle’s nipple into her mouth. So, he set her in her bed and left her, and she stayed asleep for the same amount of time as usual, as though she had nursed right before bed. It was wild. And great. Hoping for similar results tonight. I’ve already gotten to put away another whole load of laundry again tonight because of his managing her fully for bedtime stuff. Finally making some progress on housework again(!).

Thank you, God, for this small yet immensely significant support. Make us well, keep us safe, and make us whole. In your name, I pray. Amen.

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Oops

Well, we got to bed way too late tonight, and then it got extended even further by the late arrival of my husband and the squeak of the front door alerting my daughter to his presence. So, cool that we both got to be with him before we went to bed, but also not cool that we stayed up even later than we already had ended up doing.

On the silver lining front, I did get her entire Fall skirt finished and mine fully cut out and ironed and hemmed. Now, I just need to put the pieces of mine together (and figure out the pockets), and it’ll be done, too. Hopefully, tomorrow. Fun, but not fun that it felt like a trade-off. Though, I only worked on my skirt because she was still so wired, and I didn’t want to have to fight her to get her to bed.

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Food

Okay, she actually ate a lot of protein just before bed tonight. Maybe she can sleep extra, at least on this first bout of sleep(!).

God, guide us, please, and rejuvenate us to do all we feel you calling us to do each day. In your name, we pray. Amen.

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Sleep

I’d really like for both of us to get some good, long sleep. It would help out daytime experiences immensely, especially on the whole ‘having the capacity’ front for me, and not ending up yelling and crying.

Anyway, she’s asleep before 10pm tonight, and that is awesome. So, I’m going to sleep ASAP. Goodnight.

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Hopeful

I was hopeful that I would get my daughter to bed again tonight just after nine. However, it ended up being an hour after that that she finally went to sleep. I had her in the bed by nine. But she was not ready to sleep. Nursed, but then popped back up and jogged off to go play with her dad’s shoes in the hallway for a while. I waited and relaxed, and then she finally came back and nursed again and passed out. Man, it’s hard work. I’m beyond exhausted.

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