Sweet Dreams

I’m happy to report that Charlotte’s sleep habits have returned to normal. After weeks of her waking up painfully early, she had two big top-row teeth (not quite molars, but they’re pretty far back there!) break through. And, magically, with the appearance of those two teeth came the disappearance of the 4:00 a.m. Saturday morning, I’m-up-for-the-day wake ups. She’s now back to waking up between 6:00 and 6:30. Sure, we’d like to sleep in on the weekends a bit more, but we’ll take it.

If she wakes up early on a weekday, say before 6:00 while Mommy is in the shower, she cuddles in bed with Daddy and her sippy of milk and watches CNBC. I actually sort of like those mornings, even though simultaneously putting on mascara and chasing a toddler is tricky. I like seeing a little more of her in the morning.

Best of all, a well-rested Charlotte is a happy Charlotte. An exceedingly, over-the-top, she-should-be-studied happy Charlotte.

And it goes without saying that a well-rested mommy is a happy mommy.