Sleep is an important thing to me; I never quite understood how important until I was sleep deprived with a teething infant, but none-the-less, it was a valuable lesson to learn. Over the years, I have fine-tuned my sleep routine and sleep necessities to find a rhythm that works well for me and makes me most comfortable.
eyemask // I am incredibly sensitive to light when I sleep, even the soft glow of the clock or a phone will mess with me. Sleeping with an eyemask is a must!
serum // Your skin does most of its turnover and repair while you sleep. I swear by Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair to assist with that.
comfy pjs // Not too hot, not too cold. JCrew has some of the cutest and most comfortable around.
a little luxury // This savvy sleeper pillowcase is ah.may.zing. I didn't think that a pillowcase would make any difference, but this bad boy is like sleeping on a piece of heaven AND it has a little compartment to hold hair ties, chapstick, headphones - whatever tickles your fancy. Luxurious AND utilitarian...consider me sold.
reading material // The time before I actually fall asleep is my time to unwind and relax. I often do this by reading and I simply could not live without my Kindle. My Kindle is not nearly as fancy as the new paperwhite, but I do have a great little light attached to it to do my nighttime reading.
eyemask // I am incredibly sensitive to light when I sleep, even the soft glow of the clock or a phone will mess with me. Sleeping with an eyemask is a must!
serum // Your skin does most of its turnover and repair while you sleep. I swear by Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair to assist with that.
comfy pjs // Not too hot, not too cold. JCrew has some of the cutest and most comfortable around.
a little luxury // This savvy sleeper pillowcase is ah.may.zing. I didn't think that a pillowcase would make any difference, but this bad boy is like sleeping on a piece of heaven AND it has a little compartment to hold hair ties, chapstick, headphones - whatever tickles your fancy. Luxurious AND utilitarian...consider me sold.
reading material // The time before I actually fall asleep is my time to unwind and relax. I often do this by reading and I simply could not live without my Kindle. My Kindle is not nearly as fancy as the new paperwhite, but I do have a great little light attached to it to do my nighttime reading.
. I held off on getting this thinking it was just more stuff. I was using a regular pillow to assist holding the baby on my lap while I nursed, but was needing 2 hands to do so. After spending most my day nursing, I decided to try this to see if it would free up a hand and so it did. Now I can use my Kindle Fire, phone or even computer off to the side of me while nursing = multitasking!
or any other sort of tablet/smartphone. With that new free hand, you can stay connected to the world/email. Especially great for late night awake time with baby when there is nothing but crap on TV. I need something to do to keep from falling asleep, or crying of exhaustion.
and cheap, too)
- another something I thought I wouldn't need. I figured I'd just excuse myself to another room around other people or use a blanket. Nursing in another room gets isolating and blankets with a wiggly baby can be risky, so I decided to try this out and it really is great. It has a wire to keep the top away from you so you can easily look down to see the baby, wide enough to cover you all up, and pouch it folds up and fits into making throwing it in the baby bag easy.
