Hallelujah!  We had a GREAT weekend of sleeping.  On Friday night, Maxwell went to bed at 8:00 and only woke up once at 1am and then back asleep until 5am!  On Saturday, he went to bed at 8:00 and didn’t wake up until 2:45am!!  Woohoo!!  In the morning, we finally went into his room at 6:30am and there he was, just lying awake in his crib smiling at the world!  I really hope this pattern is here to stay for a little while because, up until this weekend, we had a rough week….or few weeks.  Month 3 has been challenging to say the least.  Maxwell has not been a great sleeper, Robert has had to travel quite a bit, and the sleep deprivation is really building up on me.  Besides the lack of zzz’s, just the act of getting him to sleep every day and night is physically exhausting – the rocking, the sssh’ing, the holding him tight and fighting against his squirming body.  It wears me out.  I’m trying everything – good naps during the day, swaddling, etc. – but I think he’s still just learning how to sleep.  I know we’ll get there eventually and weekends like this are super encouraging!

Still, regardless of how hard the night is, every morning the sun comes up and Maxwell gives me one of these…

or one of these…

or these…

or even this…

or this…

…and I quickly forget how tired I am….almost.  🙂

You’re worth all the sleepless nights, little man!

Update:  Sunday night was another great night of sleep!  We’re on a roll!  woohoo!