What A May Day

Back to the days of sleepless nights again...  My son's biological clock changed again, he started it yesterday with my mom.  Maybe because he slept a lot during daytime and at night, a few hours before bedtime.  We wanted to return his normal time of sleep but it wasn't that easy to keep him awake.  Any parent can't bear keeping a very sleepy child awake.  Unless you're really that kind who can afford to make the rest of the baby's night uncomfortable and ruined with non stop crying.  More, ruining a baby's sleep would also affect his development.  So I was left with no choice but to stay awake for him.

It's 4:00 in the morning when our baby was finally asleep.  Good thing today's a holiday in our country (No work!!!).   It's Labor Day, coincidentally, it's also our village's foundation day and  my son's 6th month.  And though I was looking forward to join the fun run organized for our village's homeowners, I chose to sleep, since I also needed some.  So I did sleep with my son and then my wife joined us when she got home from a night shift work.  So tired, that I woke up passed lunchtime.

At night, we attended the coronation of my daughter as first runner up in the pageant.  She looked stunning and very beautiful in her red gown that I can't help but notice that our girl is already a young lady.  She handled herself confidently in front all audiences and we, her family, were just proud of her.
  

It was a long day and it definitely ended well... that is if we speak about our foundation day celebration.  But for me and my wife, our son just woke up from a long evening sleep.  So once again good luck to both of us, looking forward to another sleepless day.  And what's more is that, tomorrow's no longer a holiday.  Just thinking positive now, there are a lot of things to be thankful about for the day and I will always be grateful for my kids, so bring it on.  All for His glory... Yahweh bless.

Sleepless Nights Again

It has been 5 years since we had a baby in our home, I almost forgot what  it was like having one.  Now, our little one is reminding me those sleepless nights once more.  Newborns seem to have their own sleeping hours, very unique to the rest of us.  Mine is wide awake during times people should have been sleeping, 11 in the evening until 5 in the morning of the following day.  He has this habit of always wanting to be carried almost the whole time when awake.  A friend told us that premature babies are like that because they got out early when they should have been still be in the womb.  Logical or not, I'm starting to believe it.

I really wouldn't mind being awake with our son, but needing to go to work without a proper sleep is another thing.  So I'm now trying to recall what were those things I did in the past.  And then I realized the same things happened back then, the only thing that changed is I was 5 years younger back then.  It's really amazing what age can do to you, things were just not as easy as before.

Here are a list of things I tried just to make him fall asleep:

• bore him to sleep with a lullaby;
• carry him in a comfortable position and start dancing slowly in a rocking motion;
• blow his eyes softly;
• new diapers and feed him milk, and never forget the "burp" part;
• (if still nothing prevails), I beg him to sleep and even bribe him with my 1 month salary just for a straight hour of sleep;
• but the most effective, tagging my wife and telling her the baby needs motherly love... hahaha...;
• however, if wifey is in the night shift, I have no choice but to play with our baby a game we call "who will blink first"... until morning.

Kidding aside, we know that having a baby isn't an easy responsibility to bear.  And it ain't new to us.  I just dunno why I feel like a newbie time and time again.  Well, though I know I will never be an expert on child care but I just know I can, it's innate...  No matter how hard it is, as a parent, sacrifices are such an easy thing to give to a child, for they are created beautiful, irresistible, cute and most of all, a precious gift the Lord had given us.  Yahweh bless.