Sleepless nights and a five pound baby

It seems that my nights of sleeping 10 hours (interrupted at least once or twice) are over. About two weeks ago I started to wake up more often because I just wasn’t as comfortable lying in bed as I usually am. Unfortunately this has continued and I’m no longer sleeping very well most nights. I think this might have something to do with the fact that Uni is estimated to weigh a little over 5 pounds. Even laying on my side can be relatively uncomfortable because Uni is quite an active baby and likes to move around a lot- even at 3 am. Fortunately, I’m not feeling overly tired and the sleeping situation is just annoying- for now. I have a sneaking suspicion that the sleep situation in the next 6 months is only going to get more interesting. Rather than getting up and wandering around the house trying to find an activity to put me back to sleep I’ll be sitting in a chair with the baby and the Boppy doing night-time feedings. Here I am trying out the Boppy (a pillow that quite a few mom’s have recommended to me for breastfeeding).

This week is my last full week of classes and I’m busily wrapping things up for my proposal which I plan to defend May 15th. It is hard to believe that I’m done with coursework and that from here on out I will pretty much be working on the dissertation and doing various teaching assistant-type activities. It feels so good to be almost completely done with school for the semester- and it also feels a little crazy as this means that Uni is almost here. We are now at 34 weeks and some change- meaning that we have about 4-6 weeks left give or take a week. Jered and I are both getting very excited and are slowly finishing up the nursery/baby stuff. This past weekend we even installed the car seat base, now we just have to drive over to the fire station and have it inspected. There are so many things to do before a baby arrives, but the physical preparations are nothing compared with the emotional/psychological preparations! Jered and I are becoming more and more aware of just how much our world is going to be rocked by this little one. That being said- we are both getting to the point where we are ready to start out lives with Uni on the outside!

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