It is interesting how quickly the 2+ weeks have gone by since Big Al joined our lives. In fact, most of the time we find ourselves asking where the days have gone. But what is most odd is that it all just seems like one really long day.
Really long.
I'm not going to complain, because Big Al is really sleeping pretty good. He is now sort of on a schedule of eating right before we go to bed at around 11:00 pm, then he wakes up once more during the night (anywhere between 3:00 and 5:00). Not too bad for a 2 week old. But I was commenting to my wife that since neither of us have actually slept through the night since he was born it feels like most nights we either get two 2-3 hour naps or three 1.5-2 hour naps.
That was when she pointed out that this is probably the reason it has just felt like one, big long day. Because it is normal to sort of judge the ending/beginning of the day based on a night's sleep, that frame of reference just hasn't been there. Instead it just feels like we take a few naps now and then to keep making it through until the day is finally over. It was an interesting reminder just how relative the concept of time is.
And so, for someone who despises taking naps (I hate them with a passion), I sure have been taking a lot in this big, ol' day.