You wouldn't know by looking at these pictures, but it has been a rough week ...and it is only Tuesday. It all started with the infamous tooth. A little fussiness was nothing I couldn't handle, but then came the 45 minute intruder. Have you ever heard of it? If you haven't and you have a baby, you are VERY lucky! The name describes it perfectly. 45 minutes into EVERY nap the baby wakes and can not fall back to sleep. The cure?
Well, not so fun. You must let the baby learn to fall back asleep on his own and yes, crying is included. The 45 minute intruder can linger anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks. It shows up in babies between 5-8 months old. Okay, I did not ask for this milestone...two in one week was enough! Jack and "half a nap" do not mix well. Make that Jack and 2 "half a naps" and they REALLY dont mix well. I should have known on Saturday when his morning nap only lasted 45 minutes. I made excuses like, "oh, Grammy is in
town, he wants to spend time with her" or " daddy put him down, Jack is use to me". When this continued through the weekend and still hasn't stopped, I finally had to come to terms with the fact that the 45 minute intruder has reared it's ugly head. So to sum up our week so far...Jack is fussy, overtired, moody, and smiles only if forced to do so. And yet somehow, I still love my little monkey to the moon and back. God knew what he was doing when he gave Jack those big "Baby Blues".
You wouldn't know by looking at these pictures, but it has been a rough week ...and it is only Tuesday. It all started with the infamous tooth. A little fussiness was nothing I couldn't handle, but then came the 45 minute intruder. Have you ever heard of it? If you haven't and you have a baby, you are VERY lucky! The name describes it perfectly. 45 minutes into EVERY nap the baby wakes and can not fall back to sleep. The cure? 
Well, not so fun. You must let the baby learn to fall back asleep on his own and yes, crying is included. The 45 minute intruder can linger anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks. It shows up in babies between 5-8 months old. Okay, I did not ask for this milestone...two in one week was enough! Jack and "half a nap" do not mix well. Make that Jack and 2 "half a naps" and they REALLY dont mix well. I should have known on Saturday when his morning nap only lasted 45 minutes. I made excuses like, "oh, Grammy is in
town, he wants to spend time with her" or " daddy put him down, Jack is use to me". When this continued through the weekend and still hasn't stopped, I finally had to come to terms with the fact that the 45 minute intruder has reared it's ugly head. So to sum up our week so far...Jack is fussy, overtired, moody, and smiles only if forced to do so. And yet somehow, I still love my little monkey to the moon and back. God knew what he was doing when he gave Jack those big "Baby Blues".
1 comment:
I've never heard it refered to as the 45 minute intruder. Great name though. I hope he gets back to his normal schedule soon. Think there's another tooth? He looks quite happy in the pictures. Love, Grammy
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