Zombie Mom

The only consistent thing about Lexi and sleep is that she goes to bed at relatively the same time every night, around 8pm.  Sunday night was wonderful, I felt like a normal person when I woke up Monday morning to a happy little Lexi playing in her crib. Last night was a totally different story.  We were back to square one.  I laid her down around 8:30 and was able to clean up and get ready for bed.  She then proceeded to wake up once every hour and eventually get herself back to sleep.  A little before 2am she was up and wasn't able to get back to sleep.  I gave her some time and then gave up and went in to rock her.  We rocked for a good hour and all she did was toss and turn.  Tried laying her back in her crib, nope she wouldn't have any of that.  Then we resorted to a bottle.  Finally around an hour after the bottle she was sleeping pretty good, so in  crib she went.  I crawl back into bed and the instant I shut my eyes she is screaming.  I let her go at it for a good 10 minutes and I am about to go in there when she starts to quiet down.  The screaming is now a whine and she is laying herself down.....thank god.  She eventually falls asleep and mom gets a little sleep as well.  Why are the good nights so few and far between?!  To add to the wonderful night poor Lexi took a bit of a spill and bonked her head on the tile while playing this morning, breaks my heart but I can't protect her from everything and that is still something I need to realize.  Sometimes I am just not fast enough to rescue her when she is about to tip over.  She has finally gone down from a nap and given me time to wash bottles and now I must be off to attempt to start getting my house clean.  The count down to my Aunt's visit is now 4 days!!!

Visit w ith Auntie Stacey yesterday afternoon