Sleeping through the Night
10 April 2006, 08:39
Before you have kids, you have NO IDEA how exciting this is. The concept of your baby going to bed at reasonable hour and waking up for a feed late enough in the morning that you can get up and start the day is enough to make your knees tremble and brain shake. This is an infinitely good thing. But, let’s face it, a bit sad.
Our little munchkin achieved this milestone last night – at 11 weeks (so advanced, as if anyone needed reminding…). Last feed at 8.30, bed at 9.15 and woke up at 6 am. Many people will tell you that this is not sleeping through the night (meant to be 7-7 – pah!) FOLLY! DON’T LISTEN TO THEM. For us, getting a whole 7 hour sleep in one hit is unprecedented. My life has been reduced to getting excited (nay, exhilarated) at such a concept.
Of course, that’s not to say this habit will be repeated tomorrow night – hell no. Little Scout is a law unto herself. Very good natured, but somewhat contrary. We have had our fair share of grizzly days of late. Half an hour of unexplained crying/screaming can get even the most well-rested parent down with curses of “Dude, what the hell’s wrong with you???”
Her vocab has also expanded in the last couple of days. Now, she says “I am a thimble” and “Icky Thoomp”. Hands have become a favourite chew-toy. Outfavoured only by boob. Although it seems she gets so excited about her hands and fingers, she looks perplexed when she can’t actually get any milk out of them.
In Decorating News…
...my sleep-deprived brain made a major blunder in the rug-buying department on the weekend. I had visions of gorgeous pink and pale yellow or lime stripey rugs, but ended up buying a bright sunflower yellow rug with absolutely no pink in it.
It looked great and fun in the store but in the natural light of her room it actually blinds you. You can see a bright yellow glow in the hallway if you’re standing at the front door. So I’ve had to rethink colour scheme. Now it’s yellow, red with flashes of pink. Pastels are NOT going to work in that room anymore. Pah. V. disappointed. Must make the best of it a not so great situation now (what the hell was I thinking???) but it’s NOT easy to find stuff that fulfills a vision whilst not costing the earth…
Left half of room
Right side of room (no, blue box is not permanent feature!)
So I have some bright red chinese cushions, and will make pink, red and yellow felt flowers for the corner over her cot. Oh, and buy a tall bookcase in the same wood as existing furniture and rearrange the furniture some (don’t want the cot to be right next to the window for winter draughts etc. etc.. Any other ideas as to how I can tone down the yellow feature (annoyingly these photos don’t do justice to how bright the rug is)? I so wanted the room to be pretty and girly and I can’t help but think I royally fucked it up.
Bleugh.
Permanent Link - You’re crazy – it looks terrific!
I’d maybe shorten those curtains just below the sill to liven the place up (they’re sort of dragging the windows down a bit) and keep them safe from little fingers and mouths (and necks, really – those look like they could be sort of dangerous).
Nobody saying you can’t put another, smaller area rug down on top of the one that’s there – something that focuses on pink and brings that red into the picture a bit. I dunno, just a thought.
You could also have more fun with the curtains – add some of those felt flowers (just a few stitches would do the trick and makes for easy removal)! But really, it looks fun and flashy as is.
Have fun with it!
— Erika Apr 10, 03:03 PM # - Thanks Erica – yes, I hate the curtains. I bought them back before I had Scout and I thought I’d be the beige and white kind of decorator. Turns out I’m not. I had had the thought of putting felt flowers on the curtains and also of putting another rug on top of the existing one, but vetoed the latter idea. I think I will shorten the curtains – I really do hate them…
Thanks kindly for your creative input!
— Kinki Apr 10, 06:35 PM # - Thanks Sharon – problem is, we need a rug for winter and I simply don’t have the time to fart around looking all day for rugs (which I think was the issue in the first place – I saw one which was “OK” and said Fuckit that will do…”) with little mite to take care of, so I’ve had to reconcile myself to it.
After a trip to Spotlight yesterday, I think I’ll be OK with the new colour scheme, and will wait til Scout’s old enough to decide on her own colours before we change it. She’ll probably be the type who loves bright yellow (well, she is an Aquarius…).
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