An Awakening!!

I guess all good things must come to an end. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have had an awakening in the Sandberg household. Oh, how I wish I only meant this kind of awakening...

No, I mean this kind of "awakening".....

For three weeks and three days, Zane has pretty much just slept. Sure, we have to feed him and change his diaper, but other than that, we have really just been lovingly gazing at his quiet, calm, sweet spirit. Well, that's over. He has decided to "come out of his shell", "awaken", whatever you want to call it, he has developed into quite the fusser over the last 48 hours. Even when Alaina and I decided to give him a bath, after enjoying the first few minutes, he broke out into discontent.

 

Sure, give him a pacifier and he is content to suck away like Maggie Simpson (and just as loud by the way!)

He did have a few instances of "peace", one of which was experienced with big sister was combing his hair after his bath. 

The past two nights, especially last night, have been quite rough. All of kids loved their pacis and Zane proves to be no different. As long as he had it, he was OK. That translates to me sleeping with my hand over the side of the bed half the night. NOT the habit I want to really start nor continue, so today I accustomed Zane, Alaina and I to spells of crying. I figure we all have to get used to it sometime. It is hard to watch your baby cry, especially when they turn beet red and lose their breath! I could only let it go on for a minute or so, but figure I better start somewhere, afterall, babies DO cry! I guess this is the stage of "experimentation" where I try a million things to figure out just what gives me this mood:

Last night we tried sleeping on his back and side in the rock and play, on Mommy's chest, on his tummy next to Mommy and none were happening. I did get one solid nap in the crib today, so maybe that is where we need to go next. Hmmm......not really feeling like a knowledgeable mother of three at his point! One shining light today was my girl Alaina. Poor girl was all alone as her brother was away at Papa's for some pre-school fun. My extrovert was a trooper, playing alone while I caught a short nap this morning and (thank goodness for Netflix!) watching Heidi all alone this afternoon while I again, tried to make up a little sleep from last night and prepare for tonight. When we were up and about, she was right there by my and Zane's side showing us her gymnastics, dancing and trying on her new kindergarten clothes and shoes over and over and over....

 Here's to a new start for us tomorrow....everyone pray! : )