Sadbh’s night got off to a rocky start as soon as the night nurse arrived.
Within twenty minutes or so, Sadbh was wide awake and had broken free of her swaddle. Typically you can get Sadbh back to sleep very easily. As long as you act immediately, all you have to do is swaddle her back up, put her binky into her mouth and rub her head until she falls asleep.
Unfortunately, this particular nurse does not know how to swaddle Sadbh, nor does she know how to do anything else get her back to sleep.
Katie spent an hour or so with Sadbh until she finally went back to sleep.
At 1am, she was called down by the nurse so she could feed Sadbh, and again at 4am.
I suppose we are lucky that this nurse only covers one night shift, however, it does make for a tough start to the week.
I took over from the nurse at 6am, and what’s sad is that she even apologized to me and admitted that she is clueless when it comes to getting Sadbh back to sleep.
Sadbh slept for another hour and a half and when she woke up, she had the biggest smile, and was waving to me. As I approached, she started making this kissing sound with her mouth. It was so cute.
She had a fantastic day overall and even got to go out for a nice long walk with my father.
Tonight we have a nurse from Children’s hospital looking after Sadbh and since she has plenty of experience with young kids, I hope that Sadbh and Katie get a good night’s sleep.
All the best,
Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.
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