I love a sleeping baby

Now, I love a screaming pterodactyl probably just about as much as a smaller dinosaur they were about to eat, but what I really love is a sleeping baby. Playtime is all good, but sleeping is my favorite.

Last night, I put Kendall down and she was still awake. This is normally a bad thing and will result in a screaming pterodactyl in about 5 minutes. But last night she laid there in her crib all swaddled up for about 15 minutes quietly. So quietly I kept going to check on her (did she figure out how to dismantle the crib and start choking on the parts?). I probably checked on her 4 times as I went about my business getting bottles ready, picking up the house, and getting myself ready for bed. The first 3 times I found her awake and lookng around, offered her a pacifier and was declined, but that magical 4th time, she was a sleep. Sound asleep. So sound asleep that she slept for 9 hours straight. Yes, my 7 week old slept from 10 last night until 7:15 this morning. No middle of the night feeding or diaper change. Just 9 hours of sound sleep.

This long stint of sleeping was not without worry from the parents. I woke up as Nate was getting ready for work at 5 and freaked out that maybe I forgot to turn on the monitor (again). No, it was on. And Nate being the good dad that he is had already gone in to check on her and make sure she was breathing (he knew that would be the first question I would ask). When I was assured by Nate she was breathing I did what any mother would do, I turned over and went back to sleep. It was fantastic.

To put the icing on the cake of this wonderful night, when I went to pick up Kendall in the morning I was greeted with a HUGE smile and a happy coo. I was never a morning person, but for that I would get up without coffee and take the CPA exam. Nothing like a huge baby smile after a good night's sleep to melt your heart.

As I type, Kendall is back down for a nap (see picture above, asleep in her swing). This kid can sleep, and I am thanking my lucky stars. Now, I know this can change in a moment and tomrrow she can decide sleep is for sucks and we are going to party all night, but for now I am living in my dream of a happy sleeping baby.