Well, this week has been so wonderful yet kinda hard too without Tyler. He has been at Student Life camp all week and his sweet dear mother, Peggy, came to stay with me & Griffin. We have so enjoyed her company and help and Griffin has loved being held and played with by his MeeMaw. We will miss her when she's gone! But we are eager to see Tyler. He comes home tomorrow night.
I was able to go get a pedicure today as a gift from Peggy. It was amazing! There's just something about getting your feet done up to look so pretty. It makes the rest of you feel pretty as well. At least it does me. Thank you Peggy for the pedicure!
Griffin is steadily growing and growing. He slept 7 hrs. one night this week and then last night woke up every three hrs. Hopefully soon he will consistently sleep through the night. I am praying. I have been trying to implement this oh I guess you could say philosophy of scheduling a baby called Babywise. Babywise is a book you can buy and it consists of the idea of putting your baby on a schedule so it will have structure and it should help them get night time sleep. Well, I have found that it has made me quite anxious to be honest. I called me my mom today and was having ANOTHER conversation with her about how Griffin just doesn't stay on a schedule yet and how every day is different with him and how he slept a lot today..yada yada.... And it was funny, cause she just said Haley! HE'S JUST A MONTH OLD! and we laughed together. It's funny how you can get these ideas in your head and think this has got to be done and this is what I want to do. And it's all in the best interest of my baby of course, but really, he is just a newborn still and he is just 7 weeks old, why am I letting this worry me so? Poor little guy. Momma is trying to fit you into this mold and expects you to eat and sleep when she wants you to and you're doing such a good job as a baby.
He really is, for being just 7 weeks he is on a pretty good schedule and isn't demand feeding and knows when to sleep. So all that to say, I am proud of Griffin and as his mom I am pledging to not let Babywise control me, my mood, or my thoughts. I just want whats best for Griffin and I want to have good night time sleep too, for my own sanity sometime soon. All I know is that the Lord is good and is helping the both of us each day and Griffin will be Griffin. I cannot control him. I can help him feel secure and try my best to give him structure, but when it's all said and done he gets hungry when he gets hungry and he gets sleepy when he gets sleepy for the most part. I just pray I will be a mother that has peace and not so much anxiety all the time. He is just a month old!
2 comments:
I am DEFINITELY coming to see you!!! I don't care what day you decide, I'll be there. ;-) Let me know what works for you, Court and the others. We're pretty flexible. Love you bunches!
Haley,
I learned with both of my boys to let them determine their own schedule instead of trying to mold them into the one that Greg and I had already established. I've found that they just naturally put themselves into a routine and I've learned to adapt my schedule accordingly. It was a little more difficult with Rylan because Hayden already had a routine, but we made minor adjustments over time with Hayden's schedule and things are great! When I try and force either one of my boys into a routine that suits me best, it ends of making everyone miserable in the long run, especially me. It makes me anxious as well.
Just do what works best for you, Tyler and Griffin. I've learned that you can't always do everything according to what the books say to do. (Which was hard for me because you know how I am, I have to follow what the book says! haha) That's just a little piece of advice from one Mommy to another. ;-) Do what works best for you.
Praying for you!
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