Okay, I KNOW that a newborn supposedly cannot be spoiled until they're 2-4 months old, but I'm pretty sure that the fact that Claire can only sleep if someone is holding her in their arms is some kind of learned behavior.
I exaggerate. You don't have to hold her the whole time ... she does sleep 30 min (and it's exactly 30 min) on her own very well, but if you need more than a half-hour of rest at a time, I hope you do well sleeping holding something in your arms! I know I've learned how. She even knows when I'm trying to trick her by holding her horizontal in bed; cheeky monkey.
I exaggerate. You don't have to hold her the whole time ... she does sleep 30 min (and it's exactly 30 min) on her own very well, but if you need more than a half-hour of rest at a time, I hope you do well sleeping holding something in your arms! I know I've learned how. She even knows when I'm trying to trick her by holding her horizontal in bed; cheeky monkey.
Could this be from having family in town holding her for hours on-end? Or is there some sleep cycle that jars her awake at 30-min to investigate her surroundings? Whatever it is, I hope she outgrows it as I'm not sure my back/butt/shoulders/neck appreciate the transpacific-flight-pose all that much.
The only thing that seems to mimic the actual holding in my arms is my Ergo baby carrier. Thank you, Ergo, for giving me mobility! With her strapped in against me, I can free up my hands to do such things as laundry, the dishes, and type blog postings. I also have the Bjorn that I'll use more when she's upright and awake.
This is where Claire is a lot during the day (at least when she needs to sleep)
But there may be light at the end of the tunnel! Last night, James and I used every mechanism possible (pacifier + sleep positioner with heartbeat simulator + water sounds in her bassinet + full stomach + dry diaper) to get her to stay in her bed for a whole hour ... a new record! But, once she got hungry at 12:30, I couldn't seem to replicate the trick and made myself comfy on the chaise until another day.
Funny story (sorry, I have to bring it back to the boobs somehow). So, sometimes I get a little too full, but it's no big deal because I just express/feed for relief. Well, I was trying to figure out why Claire wasn't eating as enthusiastically when I realized that my full boobies spray on their own, and she just sits back and drinks in from the fountain! Would that be lazy or efficient of her? I thought it was ingenious. :D
Cool non-baby news: Cousin Daphne and Drew (Drew-Pee to us Pees) are getting married this fall, and it looks like it will be destination Outer Banks in North Carolina! Yay! We can't wait!
The only thing that seems to mimic the actual holding in my arms is my Ergo baby carrier. Thank you, Ergo, for giving me mobility! With her strapped in against me, I can free up my hands to do such things as laundry, the dishes, and type blog postings. I also have the Bjorn that I'll use more when she's upright and awake.
This is where Claire is a lot during the day (at least when she needs to sleep)But there may be light at the end of the tunnel! Last night, James and I used every mechanism possible (pacifier + sleep positioner with heartbeat simulator + water sounds in her bassinet + full stomach + dry diaper) to get her to stay in her bed for a whole hour ... a new record! But, once she got hungry at 12:30, I couldn't seem to replicate the trick and made myself comfy on the chaise until another day.
Funny story (sorry, I have to bring it back to the boobs somehow). So, sometimes I get a little too full, but it's no big deal because I just express/feed for relief. Well, I was trying to figure out why Claire wasn't eating as enthusiastically when I realized that my full boobies spray on their own, and she just sits back and drinks in from the fountain! Would that be lazy or efficient of her? I thought it was ingenious. :D
Cool non-baby news: Cousin Daphne and Drew (Drew-Pee to us Pees) are getting married this fall, and it looks like it will be destination Outer Banks in North Carolina! Yay! We can't wait!
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