Traveling in a car with a almost 5-month-old. What's there to say? Lot's of sleep for Ollie IN the car, not a lot out of it. Ollie set a few records this weekend. He slept probably 3-4 hrs of the travel time both ways, but he also set records for staying awake, Sat and Sun when we got home he had 4 hr. awake spells because of all the sleep he had gotten. Basically he was all out of whack! Running around, getting to rehearsal Friday, and Wedding and reception Saturday. What a mess. He wouldn't fall asleep when he as tired, so we had to carry him around and entertain him. He entertained himself for awhile during the rehearsal dinner. He played with a coke can and seemed to be the center of attention for awhile. He just wouldn't sleep.
The wedding Saturday was ok for Ollie. We got seated and just as the wedding was to begin he got fussy and crabby and hungry. Since his mom was in the wedding, I took him out and fed him, burped him and then the fun began. By the time we came back into the wedding they were already down the aisle. So in case Ollie got fussy we stood in the back. Ollie sucked his fingers since he didn't want his binky. Then he grabbed my finger, as babies do, and shoved it in his mouth! So for most of the ceremony Ollie had a dadda finger snack! My finger was wrinkly from being so wet for so long. Luckily they had pictures to take before the reception, so I took Ollie out to the parking lot and put him in his stroller and strolled him to sleep.
He woke up when we went to put him in the car to go to the reception. Then his 4 hrs marathon started. He was up until about 8pm when he got REALLY crabby so we took him back to the house and got him his bath and food. Eventually he went to sleep, but woke up a bit later and dozed off again for the night.
The ride home was horrid. He slept for at least 3 hrs. on the way home, but we were all exhausted physically. At one point, we stopped at a rest stop and no one wanted to get back in the car. Luckily we made it back in one piece and tired. Then Ollie started his 2nd 4 hr stretch. He eventually went to bed. I hope he gets back to his normal schedule. I didn't realize how much I missed peace and quiet for an hour every 3 hrs.
On the plus side, he's gotten over his cold, so it's back to training Ollie to sleep in his crib. FUN!
I'm not looking forward to Christmas, it's going to be very exhausting, just with the travel by itself. Plus Ollie will probably be sitting by then, so more work for his momma and dadda. Not ready for that at all.
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