Embracing the moments

Like most new parents, I’ve been incredibly frustrated by my son’s 4am antics. His 3am feed goes without issue, but he generally just refuses to get back to bed at this hour. You’re tired and there’s seemingly nothing you can do to calm him down and help him go to sleep.

Last night, I decided to take a different approach. I decided that I was just going to embrace this time as a special time where my son and I can bond. I told myself that the reason he won’t go to sleep is because he wants to do nothing else but hang out with me at that moment.

I’m not sure if that’s actually true, but he was incredibly cute and cuddly this morning. Yes, I was tired and it would’ve been nice to sleep for 3 more hours. But the 3 hours we spent from 4am to 7am just cuddling and hanging out was special. Afterwards, I realized that I might miss these days even.