Lincoln went to sleep around 8:15. He woke up around 8:45. He went back to sleep around 9:00. Then he woke back up at like 9:10 and would not go back to sleep. So Gena brought him downstairs and we fed him a big bowl of oatmeal and I took him upstairs and rocked him for the better part of an hour before he finally fell asleep again.
Oh, don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining about tonight. I'm giving you all a little taste of what it is like to live in our house on any given night.
Everyone tells us as he gets bigger that he should be sleeping through the night at
(insert number of months here)...4 months? NOPE. 8 months? NOPE. Well, he will definitely start sleeping at a year...right? Apparently not. We might get 5-6 hours of sleep every night, but those hours are split into 1.5 - 2 hour increments meaning neither of us gets into deep sleep. I am not sure if there are other babies out there that do this same thing, but as with anything that is horrible, we feel like we are the only ones who have to withstand this ordeal.
I'm not writing for pity as much as I am documenting this period of Lincoln's life as well as using this blog to complain openly since there really isn't anywhere to do it.
Other than the sleeping issue, he is a great little kid. He is getting himself ready to walk and he stands on his own longer and longer each day. He also hugs and kisses us now and he laughs like a child instead of a baby. He understands most of what we tell him, except for NO of course! We couldn't be happier with him during the day.
I will continue to update regularly now that things are settling down. The summer was crazy. Also, keep an eye out for new pictures occasionally. He is growing so quickly that we have to keep shooting all the time to keep up with it. If you get a chance, look at the 3 month pictures compared to his 1 year pictures. It is crazy how big he has gotten!