Sleep My Child

So the meeting last night lasted a lot longer than Susanne had anticipated. Paxton did exceptionally well the entire time. He didn't cry at all despite being overtired. He did laugh out loud at one point, which made it extremely difficult for Susanne to hold it together. Susanne was hoping that Paxton would have slept during some of the meeting or at least on the car ride home, but everytime he would almost close his eyes, he fought through it. He wanted to prove how tough he was. Susanne thought that he would be exhausted by the time she finally got him in the bed. This was not the case. He was so overtired that he couldn't get settled. She was up and down for a couple of hours trying to comfort him. Once she thought he was sound asleep in her arms, she would attempt to put him in his crib. Everytime she did this, he would immediately start crying. The vicious cycle lasted well into the night. Susanne finally laid her head down around 3:00am. She thought all was good until the 6:00am feeding, but she was wrong. Paxton woke up again crying as if in pain around 4:30am. Susanne held him closely, sang him a sweet song, and rocked him until he gave up. Susanne hated that he had to pretty much tire himself out to finally fall asleep. If she could only figure out what was causing these episodes.

Paxton eventually woke up around 10:00 am. Susanne was pleased to see a smile on his face. He always knew how to brighten his mommy's day. He got really tickled with looking at himself in the mirror today. He was finally starting to admire how good looking he was. It was very entertaining to watch him raise his eyebrows at himself.

Susanne was so proud of Paxton's progress every single day. He was such a fighter.