Sleeeeepy Heads

Well, it is no secret that the tired factor is part of being a new mom.  All that lack of sleep is definitely starting to catch up with me!  Recently little Harper has decided to be pretttty nocturnal.  Besides the breastfeeding around the clock, I have been up with her from about 2:30-5:30 - just a wide awake baby needing feeding and entertainment!  Good thing she's so cute and so sweet!  Sadly, I am not one of those people that can just snap back to sleep.  Josh is great at doing this-I am so jealous!  He can literally fall asleep in under 2 minutes any time, I'd say!  Lucky!!

Anyhow, we've been experimenting with sleeping arrangements this last week to try and give me a little extra snooze time.  I've been very stuck on the idea of co-sleeping and just wasn't ready to give up on it...the thought of Harper in her own room made me soooo sad...until this last week.  We had tried a bunch of different ways to co-sleep- in the bed, in the pack & play next to the bed, Josh bringing her in to sleep after a few hours, me sleeping on the couch and then coming to bed after Harper has fallen asleep...we tried everything!  But, Harper is just such a loud sleeper.  It's so funny, actually!  She sighs, laughs, grunts, coos, stretches, does raspberries in her sleep.  Too cute-but hard when you're a very tired mommy and a very light sleeper.  So, last night we put her in her crib in her own room... :-(  BUT, it was awesome.  She slept hard and went right back to sleep after her 3am feeding-hooray!!  I have not slept that hard either since before May 18th :-D  A good lesson to learn-do what works for you, and don't get stuck in these parenting ideals.

And now, a bunch of pictures Josh has captured of the sleepy heads since Harper's birth:

ZZZZzzzzZZZZ 

:-)