Sleeping Beauty

January 7, 2009 by Carrie  
Filed under Coping

Humidifiers are wonderful! Hannah is sleeping peacefully next to me right now. We are still having a problem with her napping during the day though. She still will most often only take long naps if they are on me. As soon as I move her to her crib or pack-n-play, she wakes up within about 15 minutes. Then, at nighttime, she gets so hysterical before finally calming down on me and crashing. Fortunately, around 9:30 PM each night, I am able to put her in her pack-n-play for the night. Did I mention that she has been sleeping through the night for 3 months now?? Yeah, baby!

Today Little Girl A was home since she only goes to preschool on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. About 1:30 PM, she went down on the couch to take a nap. Hannah was tired too, so I sat on the other couch in the family room with her on my chest. Next thing I know, I am waking up and it is almost 2:30 PM! I didn’t even realize I was tired enough to take a nap! Kind of cute…all the girls napping in the family room together.

Tomorrow morning is her pediatrician checkup appointment. I don’t have many concerns to bring up, since we just saw him 3 weeks ago. I want to ask him to do a platelet check since it has been 6 weeks since her last one. I want to ask him about her sleeping with her eyes open (really freaky, as they sometimes are about 1/4 way open — sometimes I think she is awake!). What else…to see if her spleen and liver have changed in size. Her weight…I am guessing 15-3/4 pounds. I’m sure I’ll think of more tomorrow.

I’m going to email Hannah’s genetics doctor tonight for an update, since I haven’t heard from his nurse yet. I emailed her on Sunday night. Yes, I probably could/should give her more time before doing this, but I am SOOO tired of waiting on whether or not her skin biopsy is done!

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5 Responses to “Sleeping Beauty”
  1. Helene says:

    Isn’t it amazing how you don’t feel tired one minute and then the next thing you know you’ve fallen asleep, only to wake up 2 hours later??!!

    I hope the appt goes well!!!

  2. Morgan says:

    My children had a yucky bout with croup around Christmas. We finally pulled out our humidifier and it’s been nice! We’ve been putting some of that Vicks stuff you add. My almost 4 year old likes having it run at night.

    I hope your little girl gets better-

  3. mel says:

    Olivia sleeps with her eyes open a lot. It is freaky, but the Dr told us not to worry about it. I’m hoping you get your answers this week.

  4. Michele Torre says:

    The eye open sleeping is normal, both Sadie and my niece did it when they were babies. Gross, a bit freaky, but totally normal.

  5. Nicole says:

    Glad Hannah is feeling better and that the girls stole a nap together :) So nice! Katie slept with her eyes open, too–It doesn’t happen anymore, though… Take good care!