Being Sara

As with pregnancy, it seems that most people have similar comments when they meet Xander. First they say, “oh my look at that hair!” and proceed to admire Xander’s hair, to which I usually make some comment on how challenging it is to style the hair, or that it needs to be cut, but we don’t want to in case his head grows and his hair doesn’t. Then they inevitably ask me if I’m sleeping at all. Xander put himself on a 3-4 hour schedule. In general I sleep sometime between 1 am and 4 or 5 am, then we go back to sleep for 3 hours after that. So, yes, I do sleep, and some days I’m a bit tired, but overall it hasn’t been too bad. I’m guessing I ended up with a pretty easy baby, as I am managing to get some sleep, and sometimes even a nap in the afternoon (if the cats don’t wake us up…). As I’m getting an adequate amount of sleep, I don’t feel the need to sleep when the baby sleeps, so I’ve still managed to get some chores done during the day - laundry, dishes, etc. I know that not all babies are this relaxed, and some days Xander does fuss more than others, making for a much longer day and making me anxiously await Zach’s return so he can take a turn comforting the baby, changing the baby, etc. Everyone has their bad days though, so I really can’t complain too much - life is good!

baby, infant, maternity leave, sleep, stay at home mom

Related items

• Xander Week 54 - Car Seat Confusion
• The First Birthday Party
• Alexander Tirrell - A Year In Review
• Xander’s First Bloody Nose…
• Xander Week 52 - Officialy Walking!