Ode to Joy...The baby slept more than 7 hours!!!

I went to bed last night at about 8:30 when the baby fell asleep, I was that tired. But joyfully I awoke a little after 4 am to realize I had slept almost the whole night. Shelby, the Wunderkind, slept almost 8 hours before waking up to eat. At not even 8 weeks old, this child, I am convinced, is destined to be a prodigy, or at least a prodigious sleeper, which are one and the same in my book, anyway. Atta girl, Shelbs!

You know, it is amazing how pleasant the world is and how optimistic you feel about life when you get a good night's sleep after being sleep deprived for weeks. I can see why torturers use sleep deprivation to get people to confess. After Rees, who woke up every two hours to eat from birth to about 6 weeks, I would have sold one of my kidneys for a decent nap.

But, I won't have to resort to those kind of measures with this child. She is really sleeping like a Rip Van Winkle here. Now, if I could just stay asleep and not wake up to make sure she's still breathing...Even after 4 kids you still worry about that stuff.

Well, its 5 am and I have to get ready for work. Toodles!