The night before we went into the hospital to have Koen, I slept about 3 hours. I was excited, nervous, anxious ... all of the above. Needless to say, since that night things haven't really gotten much different in the sleep department what with having a newborn around the house! The first couple of nights in the hospital Koen didn't really sleep at all (and neither did Dan and I!). There were people coming in and out constantly monitoring his blood sugar (he was born with really low blood sugar but it sorted itself out quickly, thank goodness).
Since we've been home, Koen is bunking in with us spending half his night in the co-sleeper and the other half in the crook of my arm. He's doing pretty well so far, sleeping 2-3 hours a stretch and up about 2-3 times a night. Of course, his big brother alarm goes off each morning at around 6 so that signals the start to our day. Which for Koen means, wake up, eat, go back to sleep for 2 hours.
I forgot how funny it feels to be sleep deprived, especially when you're deliriously happy already - everything is pretty fuzzy. I'm glad to be keeping this record because I'm sure in a couple of days I won't even remember writing it!
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