A Very Tired Lena

2/23/11

So, Lena spent the night at her Grandparents' house on Saturday night, so that Justin and I could go to a birthday party (for big people).  None of the three of them slept at all, apparently.  When Justin and I went to pick her up on Sunday, at around 11am, we walked into the living room at Phil and Elena's... Phil was curled up in the fetal position on the couch, sleeping under a blanket.  Elena was struggling to feed Lena a bottle in the chair, and Lena was happily, exhaustedly squirming like a spider monkey in Elena's arms.  She had been playing on the floor; I could tell by the blanket and ball on the living room floor.  When Lena saw us, she squealed in delight, grinned like crazy, and squirmed even harder, launching herself off of Elena's lap toward Justin.  We were delighted that she seemed to be in a good mood, and even more delighted that she actually recognized us and wanted to be with us.  Phil and Elena were delighted that we were there (finally) to get her.  In the 19 hours since I had dropped her off, Lena had slept for approximately 30 minutes.  Ok, so she actually slept longer than 30 minutes, but Phil and Elena made it sound like that... they are going to rest for about a month, and then maybe we can drop her off again!  

Here's what a typical day's schedule is like with Lena:

7am... wake up

8am... eat breakfast

9am... nap

10am... wake up from nap

12pm... eat lunch

2pm... nap

5pm... wake up from nap and eat dinner

6:30pm... bottle and rock-a-byes

7pm... bedtime

We do deviate from this routine, based on goals for different days; i.e. sometimes she needs a bath :) but for the most part, this is how we roll.  Lena usually wakes up twice in the night, to have me put the paci back in her mouth and restart her music.  She immediately goes back to sleep (usually).  

Judging by what Phil and Elena said, here was her schedule at their house:
5pm... dinner
6pm... bath
7pm... bottle, bedtime
10pm... awake!  Let's Play!
1am... bedtime
4am... awake!  Let's Play!  Where's my mom?
6am... bedtime
7:30am... awake!  breakfast!  Where's my mom?
And apparently she did not take a nap until after we picked her up at 11.
I think my daughter needs to spend more time at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

On Monday, Lena took two three hour naps, and went to bed by 6:30, sleeping until 8am the next day!  I think she was tired!