We have made an intriguing discovery about Aidan.
Aidan is a nocturnal creature. He comes out at night. When the sun goes down, Aidan comes up. When the darkness falls, he stretches into wakefulness and tunes up his lungs. Like the coyote or the lion, Aidan begins to stir at dusk. During the day he slumbers. Nightfall is when he comes to life. The setting sun sends triggers an internal clock, and he stirs, looking for food.
All this has been sinking in.
We think that, because Aidan was not very strong at first, he disguised his love for the night under a cloak of exhaustion. During the night, he slept for hours at a time, but this was not because he loved the light more than the darkness. It was because he was just worn out.
Now Aidan’s true character is emerging, and Lindsay and I feel shivers running down our spines.
Aidan is a creature of the night. He squeals and gurgles at the thought of sleep. He is nocturnal, and his parents groan and rub their eyes and tremble. Sleep recoils hurriedly and scampers off and hides.
Aidan is awake. He pushes back his blanket, blinks slowly and surveys the evening. Outside, the moon is rising.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Baby Comes Out at Night
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3 comments:
LOL.
Welcome to the early days of parenthood. There will come a day, 2 months, perhaps even 3 or 4 months out, when he'll sleep from about midnight until 5 am...and you'll feel like you've slept all night.
It is the only thing about the early months of babyhood that I, as a parent, DO NOT miss...
As the mom of four under the age of 8 years old i can totally sympathize and empathize....i am still going through the whole night time training thing....and it's shall we say TIRING!!! you will eventually lose the deep dark bags under your eyes...just in time to realize that those moments spent in the dark alone with your squirming little one were great times....to look into that face and wonder...how exactly did you get here? why am i not asleep??? and most importantly to take the focus off your need of sleep and put a good foot forward into the land of unselfishness, others awareness, and how to make the best of a really bad situation...or at least one you don't feel up for. this is boot camp my friend for the rest of your years on earth. Parenting brings us closer to feeling the love of the father, the frustration he must feel when he watches us fight his direction and gentle (or not so gentle) pushes into Chirst-likeness, and the joy at watching us finally get it. i am soo happy to hear another is on this path! i only wish, at times, that my utter humanness was not so apparent to myself and my kids...but then i remember that the reason for all of this is to show me just how great my father in heaven can be for them. he must be really tired too :)
Midnight to 5 a.m. sounds incredible, Andy. Something to look forward to.
Momma, I like the thought that raising a child is like boot camp, "a good foot forward into the land of unselfishness." In our brief experience so far, this is really true. It's hard to love selfishly when the baby (at this point) can't give back a thing in return!
All kinds of spiritual parallels follow. Thanks for the thoughts.
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