Today was a different day for C.J. Usually I talk about her being bright eyed and bushy tailed. However from the outset of the morning C.J. had other plans. I should have known something was up because when I went over to pick her up to get her dressed, C.J. was sucking her thumb watching television through the bars on her crib. I picked her up and then she laid silently this morning as I made her look all cute.
What was odd about the morning was that C.J. tried very hard to go back to sleep. Normally around 6:10am she begins to get fussy. That helps Daddy to know that it is time to prepare her bottle. On this day C.J. was quiet. So I continued the routine...I put on her coat, her gloves, her hat and strapped her into the car seat. Before I could look away her eyes were shut and she was zoning off. As always I prayed before we left the house. On some days C.J. will give some kind of sign that she was listening, but today she just slept. C.J. was in so much of a zone that she slept while she devoured her morning bottle. Now I think she was just, as my great-grandmother used to say, "resting her eyes". Mommy, on the other hand, reminded me of my science background. She told me to remember that sucking is a natural reflex. Either way that bottle was handled easily by the Princess.
So when C.J. was picked up from the babysitter, I never thought I would hear that C.J. did not sleep at all during the day. I was sure she was tired. Mommy seems to think that C.J. is not getting enough sleep, and was fighting her sleep today instead, so we changed things up a bit and she is already in bed.
As an educator of first grade students, as well as those I work with at the collegiate level, I always stress the importance of sleep. One needs eight hours minimum to function at 100%. So I have to make sure I get that point across to my soon-to-be six month old child.
So we shall see what tomorrow shall bring. Hopefully C.J. will be back to her usual self in the morning. So as the evening fades to the night, and I go run to my Princess as she cries out for her Daddy, always remember to pray because prayer changes things, people and situations.
