He's here! He's queer! Get use to it! Actually, we have no idea if he is queer, but one thing we do know is that our son, Sawyer, is freakin' adorable, and a wonderful, easy going baby who is fairly quiet and very precocious. There is just one thing that I feel the need to throw out there into the universe to see if anyone else has gone through this with their newborn. I mentioned he is quiet...but that is when he's AWAKE. When he's sleeping, he not only sounds like a baby goat...but more like a possessed baby goat. It is amazing the various sounds he makes while he snoozes. I had no idea Z's could be so loud! I mean, the little bugger keeps us AWAKE at night not because he's crying, but because he is sleeping! Everyone tells new parents, "sleep when he sleeps." Great, except for us we feel the need to do the opposite. When he's awake, he lies there quietly, looking around at everything. He moves his arms and legs instead of his vocal chords to show his excitement over some shadow, a tree, etc., and as much as we are enjoying watching him enjoy life, we are starting to feel that we should sleep during his awake hours, and then stay awake during his sleeping hours. This plan would also put US back on our regular sleep schedule. We'd be awake while he sleeps during the day (he's a vampire in-training) , and then when he's lying awake at night, eerily watching us and the ceiling fan, we would be sleeping.
So, my question for you parents who have been trained by your child(ren) already, is this normal? Did you choose to sleep when your child(ren) was awake and enjoying life quietly? Is there a way to get him to sleep quietly instead of like a stifled fog horn? For you doctors, is he broken? Oh I hope not, but he's so young right now that if something needs fixin', there's a possibility he won't remember it. Okay, I am getting ahead of myself...perhaps it's my lack of Z's...
