A Day at the 'Beach'

Yesterday Baby Z spent a day at the 'beach' napping!

If only he would nap like that at home, I repeatedly said to myself.

I think it hit 90 degrees yesterday, and I wasn't too keen on bringing him out for the graduation BBQ held by the Malaysians.

However, hubby was going with the kids anyway, since they wanted to play with the sand, and I thus had a choice of staying home or going with them. My initial plan was to stay home and catch a few winks, but just as I lay in bed next to Baby Z, he woke up and refused to go back to sleep.

"I'm going then. I'm not going to stay home with a crying baby all by myself," I told hubby.

Sleepy and tired, I was in no state to be with Baby Z all by myself. I would bear the heat and as it was quite late in the afternoon, I figured it was okay as long as we kept him in the shade.

He whimpered a bit in the van. By the time we were at the park, he was fast asleep and continued to do so while the kids played in the sand.

Due to his continuous waking up the day before, I had started writing down the times he started sleeping and the times he woke up to see if he was getting at least 15 hours of sleep. However, as soon as I saw him snoozing at the beach, at the BBQ, and it was very windy too, I said to myself,

"Forget it. He has 15 hours of sleep inshaallah!"

And today, subhanallah, (I hope it's not temporary), just before I walked in the bathroom, I took a peek at him in the room. He was falling asleep all by himself! He woke up when I came out though but at least that was a good 10 minutes at least that he slept.

And just now, in his bassinet, I lay him on his right, rubbed his back while Saad AlGhamidi recited Yusuf, and before long, he was sound asleep. Before, I had to recite Yusuf to him and rock him to sleep and even then, it wasn't that easy for him to find a comfortable position and fall asleep.

I really hope this is not temporary. I made the dua yesterday and allahu akbar today it was easy. Now maybe we're getting somewhere with my trying to figure out how in heaven I am going to homeschool the kids with Baby Z! I dread August.