Another Corner?

I don't know if we're turning a corner. I almost feel like if I say it, I might jinx it so to speak. I don't really believe in jinxes but you know what I mean. The first corner is...Eli is turning out to be mostly a happy baby. Feed him, change his diaper and talk to him and he smiles and coos for you. It's great! He even might let out a tiny giggle. We're working on full blown giggles. I'll let you know how that goes. The other corner? Well, the last two nights Eli has had a bottle with a touch of cereal in it. I know I shouldn't put cereal in the bottle, but I have my reasons. Eli was waking up one time a night for like 2 ounces of formula and then back to sleep for 3 hours. My philosophy was add a little cereal and maybe he'll sleep all the way through. It worked Monday and Tuesday night. I don't know if it will continue. We gave him his last bottle of the evening around 9:15 and then put him to bed around 10:00. He slept until 7:00 Tuesday morning and this morning he got up at 6:30. I'll take either one. Of course, since I've been getting up in the middle of the night for the last 10 weeks with Eli and probably the last 6 or 7 months for the bathroom, I'm still not sleeping all the way through the night. However, if this continues for very long...I might just become normal again. I just hope we can keep Eli on this routine for a while and smooth out all the kinks.

Yesterday, I was on my way from the hospital to Chris's office. I was sitting at a stoplight imagining what a nap would feel like when a car behind me honked and I realized I had actually dozed off. The car in front of me was already through the intersection. Now, that's sad! I've got to get some sleep. When I'm tired, it seems like I don't have time to take a nap and then when I can actually go to bed early I feel like there's something else more important to do or all of the sudden, I'm not as tired as I thought. Crazy?! Yes, I am.

Ok, so I've got laundry to do before Eli wakes for his next bottle. Come back soon!