3:00am and all’s well
It’s 3:00 am. I just gave up on burping the Binja. I would feel better with even a small eruption, but nothing after 20 minutes. So, with little hope that he;s actually asleep for good, I put the little bundle down in his bed and retreat to the living room.
It’s amazing how quite the house is. Sarah is asleep. All the animals are chasing rabbits in their dreams. I can hear Vivaldi playing in Tony’s room over the monitor. I hear him grunting. He’s in a new pattern of sleeping for 4 to 5 hours, eating, then staying in this mostly asleep but stretching and grunting for about an hour. It’s actually not as cute as it sounds…at 3:00. I don’t feel I can just go to sleep, afraid his squirming is from some pocket of gas I missed. If that’s the case, he will finally come unglued in about 30 minutes, about the time I nod off and hit “Well, why didn’t you burp when I was burping you, you little SOB” stage of almost sleep.
There’s a misleading quite that hits at about 3:10. I am given the false hope that he’s asleep, then one of his monster grunts comes over the monitor, and I’m back on edge again. I really don’t want him to wake Sarah up, who has the next shift around 6:00 while she’s trying to get ready for work.
About 3:30 now. He’s still squirming. I’m going to go lay down. He’s had no “Jesus God, My chest is going to explode from the pressure” cries, so I’m hoping we are done for the evening. I no I’m slowly starting to hit REM with my eye’s open…which is just freaky.
Good night from binja central…I hope.
February 20th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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