lowering expectations

when i work a short 4 day week, i find myself expecting it to fly by fast, and as a result, it doesn't. i'm finding this principle to be true too with having a newborn. i know that this stage goes by fast, and as a result, i'm expecting sleepless nights and constant nursing and needing to be held while i try to eat dinner to be behind me already. it's all about expectations and i need to lower mine. even an easy baby has his difficult moments.

my sweet little baby decided to be wide awake from 1 am to 5 am last night. he's not even usually that awake during the day. it's like he's slowly changing time zones. and now he's sleeping, i'm wide awake and can't fall asleep. unfortunately, having gone most of the night without sleep, i was very irritated when eamon got up this morning at 6. i was not gracious with him about it.

i'm sorry... hearing the daily details of a parent of a newborn's sleep situation is quite boring. i guess what i'm trying to aim for is being transparent enough to be real about this current stage, and yet concealed enough that i don't lose perspective and make everything about newborn+preschool parenting.