another rough night

Aug 29

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, carseats, parenting, ramblings, rants

Last night was awful. At nearly the exact same time as Monday night (and within 20 minutes of me falling asleep again), Caleb had what I can only assume was another night terror. He was a little more responsive last night though. The first time. That’s right. It happened twice last night. Scott came in there the first time, and we talked to him and passed him back and forth to no avail. Scott went and got a little penny racer car that we bought at the hobby shop last weekend. He reached out and took it after a minute. I asked him if he wanted to lay back down and he shook his head yes. So I laid next to him as he clutched his car and drifted back off into a restless sleep. I crawled back in bed at 1:00am, noting that this episode hadn’t lasted as long as Monday’s, only 20 minutes. But at 3:00am, he cranked back up. I retrieved him and brought him to bed with me. I rubbed his back, talked to him, did everything I could think of. Nada. Finally he scooted very close and begin to settle down. 30 minutes this time. Ah. I’m tired.

I have been stressing about the carseat. I just had my heart set on it, and now it is looking like it may not work out. One of the key features, the rear facing tether, may not be an option after all. Nevermind the fact that the Recaro customer service person has told everyone that it would since March. I’m bummed. It may not be as big as previously thought either. There is concern about the head wings, which are part of the side impact protection, being to constricting. At this point we’ll just have to wait and see. There has been a lot of confusion about the expiration date as well. Just a lot more uncertainties than I expected here in the bottom of the ninth. Especially from a company such as Recaro. I’m glad I didn’t preorder. We’ll just be waiting to see how the rear facing tether thing pans out, as well as seeing the seat in person, and how he fits. Supposedly it should be in a Raleigh store in mid September. There is always the Britax Regent. I will still be getting one at some point anyway (or whatever similar model is available at a later time), it is just a matter of whether we get this carseat in between.

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