Routine??

I've heard that kids are ever-changing and routine can be very hard to come by.  As soon as you think you have routine, they'll enter a new stage of life and everything will change again.

I was very excited a few days ago to look at my days and see the start of some sort of routine that looked something like this:

2:30am - feed
6:30am - feed, shower/bath, quick feed, quick nap while mum has brekky
10:30am - feed and big sleep
2:30 to 8:00pm - feeds every 1 to 2 hrs, interspersed with naps and playtimes.
8:00pm - feed and sleep on the couch with mum
11:00pm - feed and bed with mum and dad

I was quite excited!  I was basically getting two 3hr sleeps in bed, combined with a good nap on the couch after tea most nights which was enough to feel good.  We were both showered, dressed and breakfasted by around 10am and I had a patch of time late morning/early arvo to get stuff done around the house.  I was thinking, Nice, hope it lasts!!

It didn't.  Well, it still isn't too bad really, but things have adjusted a bit, so that we have a nighttime feed around 3:30 or 4am, followed by a 2 hr awake time!!  Oh no!!  Thank goodness he has learnt to smile, so that redeems him a little.  But I still get quite bored by 6am, as I refuse to get out of bed at the unearthly hour of 4am, so our playing must be done there.

I sometimes have to wake Jase up around 5:30 to play with us... I love how he is so happy to get the smiles from Cooper that he actually enjoys the play in spite of the hour.  It reminds me to enjoy every moment that I can.  I can always vacuum or sleep another day!  It reminds me of a poem I once read, but I only remember the end:

So hush now cobwebs,
Dust go to sleep,
Because I'm rocking my baby
And babies don't keep.