Sleeping Baby

Baby E and I stayed home from church today because she's still sick. It's day two of putting her down for a nap an hour or 90 minutes after she wakes up for the day. It seems to be working amazingly well. That saying, "Sleep begets sleep" certainly seems to be true for her.

I can't believe how much she's slept the last couple of days. Yesterday she took two long naps and was asleep for the night before 10. Then she slept through the night and dozed off again after nursing, until almost 10 a.m. She was ready for a nap again by 11:30.

I don't know if she's just catching up, or if she's sleeping so much because she's still getting over her cold, or what. But it seems like she's been asleep more than awake the last couple of days. We had to wake her up after 3-hour naps twice yesterday.

It's been almost a week since we reintroduced gluten. She's definitely not having any allergy-type reactions to the barley or wheat. There are certainly differences in her behavior and digestive system, but it's hard to tell for sure whether those are from her illness, something she's eating, or something else altogether. It will be good to see whether she gets back to the glowing wellness she had last week after her cold is completely gone.

This afternoon we have a fun family activity planned. I'll tell you about it later!