Sleep is Overrated...

Feeling sleepy before bed time

At least that is what Christopher (a.k.a. Cotton) seems to think. He will be 5 months old in less than two weeks and every once in a while he decides to have a night where he wakes up every 2-3 hours. Last night was one of those nights. It is almost worse now because I have become much more used to long stretches of sleep.  Even though he always gets up at least once during the night to eat, it doesn't bother me at all because I usually get a 5 hour stretch of my own sleep.

It is a good thing he is cute because otherwise I'd be very grumpy. The hardest part about the wake ups is when I realize that he needs a diaper change. Whenever I change his diaper during the night, which these days is not often, he wakes up and gives me a big smile and babbles a little bit in the dark. It is one of the hardest parts of being a mother to try to ignore this cuteness and stick to the plan of not talking to him. The talking will just wake him up even more and give him the signal that it is play time.

Exploring after toppling over on the couch

Luckily, we have a handy one cup coffee maker so that I get can my caffeine fix in the morning. Once I've got a cup in me I'm usually able to have some fun playing with Christopher as we start our day.