Every year, I think it would be wonderful to celebrate Midwinter with a traditional Yuletide bash, all the trimmings included (Christmas being not quite the same thing, at this end of the world!) Every year, I manage to not-quite-get-around-to-it. This year, of course, I do have a slightly better excuse than previously. Though Niamh and I did ‘celebrate’ into the wee hours of the longest night of the year – she enjoyed many a drink, and I collapsed in a heap at the end of it all. Sigh…
As I write this, we are once again deep into the cluster/comfort feeding hours. I know this will come to an end, truly I do. I know it won’t be long until I enjoy the delights of a full night’s sleep again. It’s just so difficult to see through that tunnel right now.
Thank the Powers That Be for late night Tim Tams! (Did you know they’re now available in choc-orange flavour? Yummy ๐ )
And now, lest you think that all I ever do is complain (and lest she ever grows up to read my blog!) – the lovelier side of Niamh. She truly is a different creature from Finn. Not that he isn’t a gentle and beautiful person now, of course, but jinkies we went through hell in his first several weeks. Niamh is altogether a calmer baby – she rarely cries, ‘cept for a plaintive wail or two if I’m a bit delayed in ‘getting dinner ready’! Excepting these late evening hours, she largely self-settles, unlike her big brother, who required hours upon hours of rocking, pacing and patting before he would sleep at this age. And even during this ‘fussy’ time, she is mostly quiet – just so, so awake! She just wants to feed and feed and feed – making up for her tininess to begin with, I think. At today’s weigh-in she was up 435g on a week ago ๐ฏ
She is also, however, the noisiest sleeper I have ever come across. And we know whose side of the family that comes from, don’t we?!
I think it would feel really odd to be celebrating Christmas in the middle of summertime (since I’ve spent my whole life with winter coinciding with December). I love your idea of having a Yule celebration for the Solstice though ๐
I find something nearly every day to amaze me at the difference between my children. My middle boy was fussy like you describe, and my youngest is easy-going and when he wants to sleep he just lays down and falls asleep!! (he gets that from not-me, lol).
Sending happy sleep wishes your way!
You can’t have it all – good looks, intelligence, Perfect children – so we snore a little! (Niamh darling – Grandma is saving all these blogs for you to read when you grow up.)
I’m so glad to hear that things are going well with Niamh and I hope you get some sleep soon! Is Finn still enjoying being a big brother?
Aww, Niamh sounds so lovely! I hope my little one is that good when he’s born.
Any more pics of her and Finn for us?
I know you know you’ll get through the tunnel…it doesn’t help at that time of night though does it! Tim Tams are the only way to go (mental note to self: try the orange ones!). I swear the first 8 weeks felt like one loooooong day with Eloise (hoping part of that was first time mum syndrome!).
Niamh sounds like a lovely lovely baby despite the noisy sleeping ๐ Noisy baby sleep sounds so funny at first. So unexpected!
I know I’d much rather a sleeping baby that’s noisy than one who is noisy and awake all the time ๐ Hee hee ๐ Sleep – whatever form it takes is all good ๐
Blessings
Tannia