Once I became pregnant with Savannah, I started working on my medical transcription course and when I became certified I obviously accepted a job during the graveyard shift. (which also paid more).
My graveyard life began. And unfortunately it has brought us to the present. Because of this lifestyle, our Miss Savannah has had problems with sleeping ever since she was an infant. I no longer work but my husband still works the night shift and we do stay up pretty late when it is his days off. Until about last year, Savannah never slept a "night sleep". She would take 3-4 hour naps a few times a day. She just couldn't stay asleep. For the last year, we have been working on Savannah going to bed at a decent time and waking up in the morning. There are times when she is completely flipped.
She is, however, finally sleeping a "night sleep" or usually 8 hours; just at the wrong times. We are hoping that with going to preschool 2 days a week and enrolling her in some extracurricular activities will help her schedule and her body will adjust to a typical schedule for a kid.
Now a cute picture of Savannah with Gramma Janet.
1 comments:
Gosh, she's such a cute girl. I can relate with the whole night owl thing. When Mckenzi was born, Neal was on night shift, and essentially so was I. Which meant she was too. I didn't realize that just because I was awake at night while she was in the womb, that she would take to that schedule and be born wanting to keep it! When she was a couple of months old, we finally got off nights, and the transition for Kenz was ROUGH. I can't imagine trying to transition her as a little girl. Good luck!!! You're a great mama.
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