Brynn got her shots yesterday. I refused the flu shot for her, that's just a dumb shot. She didn't cry the first shot, but she didn't like the second or third ones. She was a little complainey during the day, not much. The doctor said I need to just put her down at a more decent hour (more decent that 11-11:30) and to just let her cry - a concept I'm not familiar with in my associations with Brynn. So I put her down at 9:00 - actually just before 9 - 8:40, and she fell asleep seconds later. She didn't wake up until 4:20 when I was ready to have a milk-balloon fight with the next set of nipples that entered the room. Unfortunately, there were none. So I got up to pump and just as I pulled the equipment out - she stirred - A SIGN!! So I picked her up & she suckled! Went straight back to sleep not to be heard of again until 8:30. UHM! EH HEMMMM!! I got 7 hours of UNINTERRUPTED sleep - I was so refreshed and excited that I couldn't go back to sleep...But I knew I must - because 7 - although it's more than I've gotten in the last 9 months - is just not a good number of hours for me - so I excitedly tried to fall asleep for the next 3 hours at which time I went out like a light.
**LESSONS LEARNED** if ever again I sleep 7 hours straight and can't go back to sleep - get up and CLEAN. Go back to bed at 7:30, I'll be sufficiently worn out to get those last 15 or so minutes before Brynn recognizes I've relaxed.
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