On the Edge of a Cliff and Ready to Fly

Ever since we brought Josh home (and even in the hospital) we would feed him, change him, lay him in his bassinet and he would just fall asleep.

When we moved to our house in Gardner, we graduated Josh to his crib. Again, we could easily keep to a routine of bottle, dry diaper, bed, and he would go right to sleep. From June on he would sleep all the way through the night in his crib, which was AWESOME.

Lately, he has been crying and fussing and we get so tired we end up keeping him in bed with us. He sleeps great laying in between us. However, he will toss and turn, flop on us, bang his head on my side, turn himself around and nearly push me off the side. I have been tired from dealing with this the past couple weeks. (Donald I think sleeps through all this.) Work has been stressful, and not having good sleep is making me irritable.

It got to a terrible point this week of being stressed and tired and almost near a breakdown.

I needed to do something to feel better. I decided to join a gym last Thursday- my friend Jamie from work goes there and they have yoga. I arranged for my other work friend Natalie to watch Josh every Thursday night so I can go to a relaxation yoga class Thursday nights. They have a pretty extensive child care area, and everyone has background checks, so I’m going to try out taking Josh there to see how it works. I’ve gone and done arm weights, and I even felt better even after just doing that. I think this is going to be good to get away from everything at work and home and work out by myself. I just need to carve time out for it. A few years ago I went to the gym almost every day before work, and I felt awesome mentally and physically. I am really looking forward to having some “me” time at the gym!!