A Tale of Two Babies

Last night was the worst, yet most wonderful night. Cora started out being really fussy at about 8:30. Unfortunately, this lasted until after 1 a.m. Not surprisingly, I was at my wits end. I spent several minutes telling her, "I don't know what you want!" It was so frustrating. At about 1:00, I had a stroke of inspiration. I swaddled her, shushed her, and swung her. Miraculously, she fell asleep. So, with much trepidation, I put her down to sleep assuming that she would sleep for a half an hour or so and then wake up screaming. However, when John's alarm clock went off at 4:30, she had not yet awakened. Naturally, I panicked thinking something must be wrong, but she was just a-snoozing away. She actually slept for another 2 hours after that! That makes a grand total of 5 - count them, 5 - consecutive hours of sleep. Thank you God!!! I actually roused her at 6:30 in order to get her to eat. After she had her breakfast, I put her down again thinking she would sleep for half an hour or an hour, but by some other sort of miracle, she slept for another 3 hours! I cannot believe it! I am so thankful for some good solid rest. I hope she is not just teasing me with this. I hope that this is her actual birthday present to me. . . I'll let you know!