Tag: Sleep
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The Great Regression
Everything was going so well. We weren’t necessarily running a sleep surplus, but our deficit wasn’t too bad. We benefited from relative stability, and could pretty accurately forecast our nights. Our household sleep economy was chugging along at a nice even clip. Aside from the first WTF moment, Isabel’s sleep was consistent and somewhat predictable…
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3 Month Update
Wow, three months have already gone by? Isabel is obviously growing physically, but she is also growing emotionally. She is a tummy-time expert and can roll over from her tummy to back. She smiles regularly (especially when we all wake up together in the early AM). She talks or whines when she wants attention. She…
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2 Month Update
The first month as a dad was like being dropped into a foreign country without any preparation (not that I would know anything about that). We had a new language to decipher (crying), new survival techniques to learn (“How much sleep do I really need?”), and new identities to navigate. But we also had the greatest…
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Blurred line between day and night
I was sitting at my desk at work and realized that I didn’t feel much different than I did at 4 am this morning. With my newborn sleeping in 1-2 hour stretches at night (and slightly better during the day…sometimes), it feels as if I’m always up (at night that is). Thank god my wife…