Sleep is for the weak

That's right, we've entered a phase of Jakson's life where sleep has become very, very, very rare and i'm really, really, really tired.  It's leaving us a bit baffled to be honest.  Jakson has been a pretty good sleeper for a long time now, few hiccups here and there but for the most part he would go down between 7-8, wake up once, maybe twice for a feed and go back down until somewhere between 6 and 7.  Not a bad sleep pattern for a wee little one.  However, the last couple of weeks have literally been waking every 1-2 hours all night long.  He still goes down around 7/730 but instead of a long 5-6 hour sleep before waking up for his first feed he is waking in 3 hours and then every 1-2 until he wakes for the day around 6.  There are a number of potential drivers of this: we think he's teething, 4-month sleep regression (I think I mentioned this a few posts back), gas pain (he farts ALOT), etc. So we just keep plodding along with our bed time routine and just hope eventually this phase passes.  And I'll just catch as many zzzz's as i can during the day when he seems to be napping like a champ!

When I'm not catching up on sleep in the day I am finally getting out and about a lot more.  Last week included a trip to Borough Market to have lunch with a friend from AKQA who has a 6 month old.  Jakson was a little angel the whole day, including a bus ride of about half an hour there and back.  This outing turned out so well i thought i'd try again and this past Friday we grabbed the bus to Canary Warf to visit Rob at work.  Jakson was again really good for most of the trip...but i think the hour long bus ride back was a bit too much.  I'll keep that in mind for the future...hour long journeys on public transport are probably not the best idea :)

Another area that has taken a rather unforeseen turn is feeding.  We are still breastfeeding and it's all been going really well...until recently when Jakson decided he no longer likes being held when feeding.  Not sure why but he just will not be held anymore, he squirms and screams and throws a complete wobbler.  Luckily my friend Michelle is a BF expert (hi Michelle) and gave me some tips on how to get him to eat.  So now we feed laying in bed as this is the only way he will eat, except for when he wakes in the night.  So it's not so easy to take him out and about as he can't be held to eat.  Not like i can lay on the floor of a shop bathroom to feed him, eh?  Oh well...just another couple of months and we'll be ready to wean him...so i guess i'll be getting those much needed zzz's when the wee man is hungry...which these days is about every 2 hours.  Fun times :)  But definitely worth it.

The last exciting update is that we've finally booked a summer holiday and are going to Portugal at the beginning of September.  YAY!  I'm in dire need of a sunny holiday and this is just what the dr. ordered.  We've rented a villa in the Algarve region of Portugal are going with Rob's parents and some family friends so there should no shortage of help with Jakson.  Double Yay!  I can't wait to chill out in the sun for a few days and just relax.  Has been quite a while since I've done that!

And an update wouldn't be complete without a few recent pics of the wee man. 

All dressed up for our visit to Borough Market.

This baby just loves to stand!