Last night Nadia was tired really early. I was trying to keep her awake as I was afraid if she went to bed earlier she'd get up even earlier. At 6:45 I decided to just let her go to sleep. She slept 45 minutes and then after I nursed her she went back down at 8:15pm. I was in bed by 8:30pm and thankfully she didn't wake me up until about 3:15am! She then slept from 3:50-6:45am. Yahoo!! I was SO glad for the 7 hour stretch!!! Then she performed an even more impressive feat this morning when she napped for Paul from 8:15-9:55 am which is a new record for her!!! I put her down again at 11:25 as she was acting tired and she took a 45 minute nap. Wonderful! She hadn't taken any naps in her crib on Sat or Sunday (yesterday because she was in the church nursery) so this was great!!!
The longer nap was well timed as I was at work longer than usual as I taught the 8:00 and 9:00 classes as the prof who took over the 9:00 class was speaking at a conference today. So it was helpful for Paul that she slept so much while I was away. Today is a long day for me. In addition to spending an extra hour at work, I am spending about 3 1/4 hours on the road today. Not Fun. I have a hematologist appt as a follow up to make sure the anemia was just pregnancy induced. I have a bloodwork appt at 2:20 and then see the doctor at 3:00. Nadia will be with me. Then I'll come back home and be home for a couple of hours before I return back to the same town for handbell rehearsal. I'll be really glad when Thursday rolls around as I don't need to drive anywhere that day!
At least the gas prices have dropped. I paid only $2.89 today which was much appreciated (of course that price would have been considered very high not THAT long ago). I keep track of our expenses rather carefully and from 2001-2007 the most we spent in any one month on gas was in the $290's (for two cars). Well two months ago we spent over $400 on gas, and then last month we spent over $500 on gas. Oi vey! I can only imagine what our totals would have been the last two months if the gas prices hadn't been dropping. It should improve in a couple of months when first of all I'll have a break from going to school for one month and then I'll only be going twice a week instead of four times a week.
Nadia's congestion seemed to be getting worse so Paul thought we should get her back on the Zrytec. So she had some last night. We shall see what the new pediatrician says. I contacted them last week to get the long overdue results on the bloodwork, and they said Nadia isn't allergic to milk. It's good to know I don't have to give up dairy products, but it means we don't know how to help her!
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Ruth, I must say I'm very jealous of the 7 hour stretch of sleep you got! Any advice on what methods to use to gently guide babies in that direction? You previously had blogged about Babywise. That is the method I am using right now, but River is having a really tough time learning how to fall asleep on his own and instead just screams whenever I try to lay him down. Needless to say, I am anxiously awaiting any advice that you may have that would allow me eventually to get 7 hour strectches of sleep!
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