Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!?

I've heard far too many women complain about their husbands/ partners not getting up to think that it's just a matter of blokes being lazy. I will often sleep through Genevieve's cries, although a slight stirring of the dog or a possum in the tree will wake me. Perhaps there's a primal reason - so I can go hunting the next day?

Anyway, last night was not one of those nights. We've been trying to stop Genevieve needing a night-feed (which is a pretty normal thing to do at around 6 months). One strategy, that has worked, more-or-less, is Genevieve getting a 'dream' or 'roll-over' feed at around 10:30pm. This means that (hopefully) she won't get hungry until the morning. However, she is still in the habit of waking around 3am or so. Generally, she'll just wake, gurgle to herself a little and then settle herself back to sleep.

Last night, however, we had hours of screaming. She was overtired and just wouldn't settle. In the end, it was a bit easier for me to settle her, as I don't smell like her next meal.

So Naomi and I were suffering. It was the worst night I'd had since Genevieve was a newborn. But, of course, Little-G woke up bright as a button. Perhaps she was just getting me back for the prosepect of inheriting the family nose?