the fourth nap won

seconds after i hit "publish post" i heard my child wake up.  i don't know how to describe it but i can just tell by her breathing that she's awake.  so i listened to that for 15 minutes.  then i listened to some stirring for 15 minutes.  and in the next 15 minutes i listened to whimpers become cries.  that is when i gave up hope that she'd fall back asleep and i went and got her.

i fed her for a while and noticed that her nose was all crusty.  well, sure enough, it's not just me that's been congested and had a runny nose.  apparently my child has been silently suffering as well.  so i got out that bulb sucker and honestly, you would think i was rocking her to sleep.  you've never seen anyone so calm and content.  even with my finger and a bulb sucker aggressively jabbing up her nose.  she didn't try to move her head at all or let out any sound that she was upset.  actually, she was cooing throughout the whole thing.  i think she was probably just so relieved that i finally was going to open up her nose so she could breathe again.  but really, it was incredible.  seriously. 

so then i cuddled her (she's starting to cuddle!  barely.) and put her back in bed and she was fast asleep.  it's not like she wanted to wake up and play.  and i really don't feel like she was THAT hungry.  she ate a full meal but she wasn't ravenous or anything.  it's like she's just decided to live in two different time zones and that means 8-9 hours at night and four naps during the day.  this is not a terrible situation in the least but let's cross our fingers that this situation doesn't get anymore out of control.  i like to be in control.