The sleep

Sam is now about three weeks old and basically sleeps when he feels like it, most of the day and night about 20 hours. The first two nights at home, we were so excited to see him we could barely put him down. We had waited so long to see his eyes that when he opened them, even at three in the morning, we could hardly resist and followed along with his demands. We spent the nights walking around in our dark house, talking, swaying, singing, reading...completely in love.

On the third, fourth and fifth night, deliriously happy, sleep deprived and determined to get some rest we relucantly put him to sleep with us in our bed. We loved watching him sleep and periodically made sure he was breathing as we made ourselves skinny at each side of him, of course worried that we might roll over on him, and really not sleeping at all. Patty's parents came over during that first week and allowed us to sleep between his feedings, as tired as we were, it was still hard to do, but greatly appreciated and we took advantage of it. By the end of the first week and heading into Sam's second week with us, we decided that he was a "big boy" and could sleep in his bassinet next to our bed. It was more of a difficult transition for us as parents than for Sam, he took to it rather easily and it took us some time to not jump at every cooing sound he makes.

Though he sleeps for a large portion of the day, it's only for about an hour to two at a time and when he goes over two hours we are suprised. We often wonder what he dreams about, at times he smiles, scrunches his face, moves around... he makes the best faces. It's a precious moment when his eyes are open these days, and although we are privleged to it, not all visitors are. I remember one day his grandparents (Patty's parents) waited for four hours to see him awake, but Sam was not in the mood, and sure enough as soon as they left the driveway, you guessed it, he woke up and was awake for about an hour. We pray that Sam always sleeps as peacefully as he does now.