I should probably be napping right about now but I’m convinced that my baby knows when his mama is trying to get some rest. Because, when I DO decide to nap during his nap, his typically 2.5 hour nap suddenly dwindles down to 30 minutes.

He likes it better when mama is tired.

So mama is fueled up with caffeine and she’s making the most of nap time by cleaning the house, eating lunch, FaceTiming with family, and now, sitting down to write this blog post.

We’re currently at 1 hour and 50 minutes so I’ll guess I have about half an hour longer to get this out.

What’s been going on around here, you ask?

The dreaded 4 month sleep regression.

It’s been four days now. This kid has decided to get up every 1-2 hours for the past four days. It’s like we’ve reverted back to the newborn stage. Fortunately, I know that this is just a phase and every mama I’ve talked to has gone through it – to some degree.

Also fortunately for us, the “regression” has landed during the month Ankur is working in the ER. So, most of his shifts have been 11am-11pm.

Having Ankur here in the morning has been so helpful. Just in case I’m desperate for caffeine and need to dart over to the Starbucks drive-thru (yes, we gave away our Keurig before we moved back to California). Or just to have someone keep an eye on him so I can do things like brush my teeth before 4pm.

Mornings are my favorite time of the day and breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. So, getting to share this time with Ankur is the best. (Last month, if you remember from one of my previous posts, he used to have to be up at 3:30am and out of the house by 5am, so this has been a nice schedule change).

It’s also been great because we have the morning to get his meals together for the day.

Usually I’ll make his lunch while he gets ready and/or hangs out with the baby. I always make his sandwich and then wrap it in foil and write a note on top from me and the baby.

Today, I ran across the street to get coffee so he was on his own to make his sandwich. But I think he intentionally left it on the counter because he wanted us to write him a note and it made me giggle a little on the inside.

Anyway…

This has been a really crazy ride and I’m slightly sleep deprived right now. But I’m grateful every day for all the mamas out there who have connected with me and let me know that I’m not alone. That this is all normal. That it’s just a blur to them now because things, truly, get better.

For now, I’ll keep on keeping on with his bedtime routine. I’ll keep on snuggling my baby when he needs me. And I’ll keep on chugging that coffee, haha.

I know that, some day, I’ll look back at these days fondly. I’ll remember the nights he needed his mama’s cuddles to fall asleep. I know I will miss these days. In the words of Andy Bernard from The Office (because we just recently re-watched the entire series), “I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.”

So here’s me soaking up the good days, the bad days, the sleepy days. Because these will some day be my “good ol’ days.”

Questions of the Day:

• Did you experience a “sleep regression” with your baby at 4 months? How did you cope?