Our nighttime schedule is a little, well, off. I get asked this question alot, "is Karsten sleeping throught the night yet?" I always say that he would love to be able to, but we have to wake him up every 4 hours to eat, but by the time he's done eating and changed it's about 2.5 to 3 hours until the next session. I begin to explain that he's on a special medicine that can cause his blood sugar to drop so we have to make sure he has enough food so that it won't happen to him while he sleeps.
Right before Karsten was put on this medication he had just started sleeping 6 solid hours. It was such a huge change and one that we weren't too sad about. He is now on a strict schedule:
7:00am Feed, medication 1, medication 2
11:00am Feed
3:00pm Feed, medication 1
7:00pm Feed, medication 2
11:00pm Feed, medication 1
3:00am Feed
...........................and repeat.
Conradi and I are also on a schedule so that we can make sure that we help each other out. We were blessed to have our schedules line up perfectly right before we brought Karsten home. Conradi works on the weekends so he does the Karsten night shift Monday-Thursday and I get Thursday-Sunday. I am so thankful for my sweet husband who is always willing and happy to help. He is so in love with our boy and it makes me realize just how in love with him I am.
Every morning I wake Karsten up at 6:15am so that I have time to feed him before heading off to work. He is always full of smiles and partial giggles during that precious 40 minutes that we have together. It's my very favorite part of the day, but it is also the hardest part because I have to leave him to get ready and go to work.
But today was different, today I didn't have to end our smiling session early. Today I let it last all morning long. We stayed in our pajamas all day and snuggled. We smiled, we giggled, we sang, we read and we played all day long.
Just the two of us.
It was pure heaven.
We have done it before, but today was different. Today as I was kiss attacking Karsten's hands and belly he let out a huge giggle, a real giggle. One I had never heard before. I immediately started crying while laughing myself.
I didn't even stop to grab the camera because in some selfish way I didn't want to share that moment. I wanted to keep it to myself forever.
I heard his first big laugh. It was the most beautiful sound in the entire world. It made me the happiest and I was overwhelmed with emotions.
I never want to forget that moment. I never want to forget that sweet sound. I never want to let a day go by without hearing it.
Thank you my sweet boy for sharing that with me today.
I love you forever.
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