it's a phase.

Russ began his job at IBM 6 weeks ago.  6 weeks ago, the night Russ left, Ryker began his horrible sleep spell.  This consisted of him waking up several times at night, sometimes he was inconsolable-sometimes not, awake and ready to start the day at 430a-5a-515a-530a, screaming "MOMMY" and calming down as long as one of us slept with him.

As the weeks went by my anxiety with the situation went up.  I was like DAVID, "IS THIS GONNA BE FOREVEEEEEEEEEEEEEER???"  My brain kept saying, "baby is coming, baby is coming."  And you know of course Ryk would wake up at the exact opposite time that new baby would wake up.  AND we would be sleep-deprived x 500.  And WE would in fact go crazy.  Like legit-looney-bin crazy.

And then Ryk started sleeping longer, and not waking up.  We had a bit of a setback last night, but still manageable.  So ONCE AGAIN the BABY/TODDLER/CHILD proves that the whole "it's Just a phase" may indeed be correct and applicable to every part of child rearing that feels unbearable.

So Megan D H-F:  when Muffin Man is in his/her 22 month of life and waking up all night long- remember it will pass.  Because in the end... "it's just a phase."

:)
Momma