Our first bad night...

What a night!!... Maddie definitely has her nights and days mixed up!! So far she has been happy to just lay in her bassinet wide awake until she eventually falls back to sleep... not anymore!! Our precious baby girl decided that EVERYONE needed to be awake when she was! This was not a good night for her to pick, because Matt had to leave @ 2:00 am to go out of town for a Revv Nrg event. Needless to say, Daddy had to take over because Mommy was at her wits end. Maddie and I both were crying hysterically... I just couldn't figure out what was wrong with her... I had tried everything! I think for the first time, I understood why everyone has been saying how lucky I am that she has been such a good sleeper!! I have never experienced anything so frustrating and exhausting in my life! I really don't know what we are going to do if this is something that continues nightly - I am going to try to keep her awake from late afternoon until bedtime tonight and see if that helps. It has been difficult because she is a lot like Matt, when she wants to sleep she is going to sleep and nothing can stop her!!!

I also have set a goal of putting her in her crib in her room starting Tuesday night (she will be exactly four weeks old). We keep it a little on the cooler side in our bedroom because of the 'little heaters' we call Bella & Canon, so it has been a struggle keeping Maddie warm. She has never liked to be swaddled and always manages to get her arms free anyway. So, I am also hoping that by putting her in her room she will be a little more comfortable. Poor Daddy hasn't been getting a good night rest, even though he doesn't normally get up for feedings, he is still woken up by her crying. I think the lack of sleep is starting to get to us both and being in her own room might not only help her sleep better, but us too!!!

That means that the goal for this weekend is getting her monitor setup on her crib and getting her room all organized and ready!!!
I am a little nervous about her being alone and not right next to me. I already feel like she is growing up a little, moving to her own room seems like such a big step!!! I will admit it makes me a little sad!!

On to other news.... Matt & I switched our cell phone service to Verizon this week and we both got a Blackberry! I am so happy to have internet back on my phone, it is so convenient, and my new phone has a full web brower so there are no restrictions on what pages you can visit! I love just getting a 'ding' whenever I get an email, oh how I have missed that!!! I also now have it set up for my facebook page as well... can we say addict!! :o)