Emi had a bad night’s sleep last night, which means that we had a bad night’s sleep, too. Recovering from that is not easy. Maintaining your own rhythm and fluidity is difficult. I couldn’t tell you where the weekend went.
Category: Family
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February 18, 2026
The transition out of a swaddle and into a sleep sack is proving the most challenging by far. Initially, we weren’t wrapping her hands too tightly in the swaddle, thinking she was enjoying having access to her hands. When we found out that that was preventing her sleeping, we started tucking ‘em in real tight.
Then she started Houdini-ing her way out of the swaddle. Once she rolled during tummy time, we had to make the transition to a sleep sack.
Now, getting her to sleep is difficult. Her hands flail, her legs kick, and her head shakes. She can’t settle herself, even when her first is in her mouth, something else that’s new as of the last week. Unable to stop moving, she wakes herself up. When she wakes up, she cries. When she cries, we wake up.
We’re finding it challenging to get decent sleep. I’ve been finding it too warm at night for many covers. I still need my three pillows. Sometimes, I end up so close to the edge of the bed, because I’m wiggling to get comfortable, that I have to catch myself from falling off. All that movement is keeping me up.
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February 5, 2026
Emi has taken to crying like mad in the evenings. Tonight, it’s gone later into the night than usual. I say, “usual,” it only having been a week since it started. We thought we had it figured out the last couple of nights. She corrected us.
We think it has something to do with her sleep patterns. Everybody I ask ultimately ends up at colic.
As I write this, she’s working on a shit. She looks serious.
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Day 1 – Showing Up
WordPress used to host Bloganuary, where they’d post writing prompts for the month of January. I participated in it for two or three years. It seems, however, that they’ve stopped doing that, leading me to my next idea: using Letters’ Lounge as a platform to find writing prompts and share their responses.
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December 26, 2025
Emi has been in this world with us for a month. Unbelievable. It’s hard to recall all that has happened since the day she was born, not least because of the lack of consistent and rejuvenating sleep.
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December 25, 2025
We likely overdid it with Emi today. First, my parents came by in the morning to say goodbye before they left, then we went to the first family gathering, and we followed that up with a second family gathering. It was a busy day for her, and for us.
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December 21, 2025
One thing I often catch myself doing that I absolutely hate is checking my phone when I’m holding Emi. The most beautiful person in my world is resting in my arms and I’m reaching for my phone so I can watch stupid, short videos about whatever the algorithm says I’m interested in. Lately, that’s a lot of videos on how to properly rear a child, none of which tell you to put your phone down and actively care for your child.
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December 16, 2025
After work today, Hannah went to take a nap while I watched Emi, who had been up quite a bit last night. Of course, I had to feed Emi. She hasn’t been burping much and we think that she was gassy last night, which would’ve kept her up.
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December 15, 2025
The girls slept peacefully in both of my parents’ arms while they were visiting tonight. She hasn’t given us a break since they left, over two hours ago. I don’t understand what’s going on with her feeding. She’ll fall asleep while driving from the bottle, hasn’t really been burping, and then cries for food within 90 seconds of putting her down. I rarely write these posts on my phone and directly into WordPress, preferring a full-sized keyboard and Word for typing.
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December 14, 2025
I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror this evening…dad mode has been activated.
This picture was taken after she had just thrown up all over me and we both needed to change.
