Sunday, February 15, 2009

Telling Time


Last night, Chubbs demonstrated to me that he already knew how to tell time. He woke up crying at 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7am. I don't know why he was upset, and it was heart-wrenching to watch.

He was inconsolable except when nursed. It took roughly 30-min each time to comfort him and lay him back down to sleep. By then, I only managed to catch less than 45-min of rest before I was woken again. Don't think I had any deep sleep at all. Believe this interruption of sleep was a popular form of torture during the 70's?

 "I'm sorry, mommy..."