Yesterday we had Amalie's 6 month check up. WHAAA? She's six months in a week but our doc was going out of town for a while and when he gets back we'll be in Hawaii :) :) :) SO we thought we'd go a bit early. Things are going well. She's healthy, happy and thriving... although barely. She's still in the 1% of weight. Sigh, I am just glad that this time my doctor didn't really care. I think he's finally realized that she's just petite. I like my doctor and the nurse who also helps us at the beginning but yesterday something she said bothered me...
She asked how much sleep she's getting? I calculated in my head and tried to make a good guess but I had to talk out loud...Oh she sleeps from such and such to such and such time and then naps blah blah blah.
Side story although it's important: Amalie does not like naps. She just...doesn't. She usually gets a good hour (like right now she's been out for 50 min!!! Yay! I got to do stuff for my lesson AND write a blog post...we won't talk about how the house looks). But the rest of the day looks like this...twenty minutes at 2:30 ish, half an hour at 5ish. Not a big deal right, I can live with that. Although don't ask me what my house looks like. :)
So the nurse is asking me how she sleep and I tell her that she's not a great napper and doesn't sleep very long during the day. She just sorta looked at me and said, well enjoy it while it lasts because pretty soon she won't be napping at all.
This is true. She won't be napping for forever and I should enjoy it while it lasts but I was a bit dumbfounded. I would rather her not sleep at all and be happy and not needing those naps then have a fussy, fighting sleep baby for the entire afternoon. Again, see the state of my house.
And for another thing, don't tell me to enjoy it while it lasts. Don't you think I like it when my baby sleeps? I do. I really like it when she sleeps. I am grateful for it and want to scream and shout and run around dancing when she finally falls asleep. I really really like it when she sleeps, but that doesn't mean I didn't wish she slept longer. You can get a lot done in half and hour but then again, you can't. I get a lot of things half done.
This is an awesome post right? Don't you love reading about my baby's sleeping schedule and how I like to complain about it and anything I can?
THE POINT: I don't like it when nurses ask me a medical question and then proceed to make sure I am grateful and tell me to "enjoy it". Believe me, I enjoy my baby and I really like it when she naps.
Also, I forgot how much I loved cherries. I am so happy they are here for a while. And the farmer's market. Yay for the farmer's market.
haha Katrina yes. I love this. And I love cherries also :) It's funny, just the other day I had a lady looking at Clarissa and telling me, "she's so sweet! Just enjoy it. All too quickly she'll be telling you how mean you are, and how she hates you." UM I died. haha who on earth?? What can we do about it? Blog ;) And what? you are headed out this way?? When and for what?! I'd love to see you!!
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