This means that mom and dad slowly deteriorated into an unfortunate state of extreme exhaustion, as spending 24 hours a day holding, feeding, rocking, jiggling, and shushing a baby can get really really hard. We were so lucky to have Bruno, Alicia, and Ayla come over yesterday and help us out a bit with Lena and give us a much needed break. It's funny how you don't realize how far gone you are until somebody comes in and saves you for a minute or two, and then you realize just how much you needed that hour of sleep.
It's possible that her week long bout of crankyness was due to the shots, or it might be that she was going through a growth spurt. It is also possible that it just took her a week to process Emily and Bobby's wedding, especially the dancing and hip hop music she was rocking too way past her bed time!
Who knows, but we're glad she seems to be getting back to her usual self. Today she was able to take a three hour nap by herself in her co-sleeper, and we were also able to put her down for sleep without too much angst. We'll see how many times she gets up tonight. Last night it she was up at midnight, 3, 5, and 7. If we can get rid of the midnight waking, we'll be happy.
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