i never knew how much I loved sleep til I lost it...
You probably cant read this comic strip without clicking on it for a larger view. But take the time to do it... Perhaps it will put you in the same pensive mood as it did for me. It wasnt long ago I was on the other side... what was I thinking!?!
If it makes you feel any better, by the time I'm on the other side, your life should be back to normal! Yipee. Thank goodness they start sleeping through the night eventually. And, thank goodness they are cute or else we'd sell them to the gypsies. Well, at least I would.
Now that I actually could get a full night's sleep, I seem to wake up out of habit. At least the hour feedings are over. I'm amazed we survive through that and somehow we forget. Motherhood is amazing!
K peoples... I have to clarify something and vindicate my little sleeping beauty. Brianna is NOT a bad sleeper. Well... until about a week ago. At 8 weeks old, she started consistently sleeping 6-8 hours/night straight. I was in heaven. That continued til about a week ago, when my bad habit of carrying her around all day and holding her during naps BACKFIRED. She wanted to be held ALLLL the time - overnighht included. Nights progressively worsened.... one waking, two, three...43....then two nights ago was the final straw. By 4 am I was a wreck - thoroughly sleep deprived, and feeling like a human pacifier. Literally. She wanted to sleep through the night LATCHED ON. Sorry babe, no. Ill say it in Spanish - NO. So yesterday I finally had to do what I have dreaded since I day one... I let her cry it out. Yep. It was absolutely MISERABLE. Honestly, more for me than her. She laid crying in her bassinet for nearly 40 minutes, while my crying lasted much longer. To make things worse, she woke up all smiles and sweetness, totally forgetting about the episode and ready to be friends again. I felt like the meanest mother in the world...it wouldve been easier if she was mad at me instead of forgiving. Ironic, huh. But it paid off. Last night she didnt wake til 1am, and I fed her, but when she woke at 4am... nope. Amazingly, the cryin lasted just 5 minutes or so. Then I never heard a peep til her usual waking time. So guess what happens tonight and every night from now on? We continue the 7:30-8pm bedtime routine, and aim to ELIMINATE the mid-night feeding! and the binky, and the swaddling, and the nursing to sleep....we have our work cut out for us.
Sleep issues have been the hardest thing for me to figure out... So if you eliminate the midnight feeding, how long will she sleep? I put madeline to bed at about 7:30-8:00pm, wake her up at 10:30 to feed her and she sleeps until 7:00am. Eventually I want to eliminate that late night feeding, but I don't want her waking up super early, and I'm worried about my milk supply...hmmm... any tips?
Oh and crying it out is super hard, we have been doing it with Madeline. The first night, I was a wreck..but it seems to get better everyday. It's for their good, right? :)
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Okay - I can identify with that. But, here is the irony - I CAN sleep now with no interuption, but I now have trouble sleeping!
Yep, I'm still on the good side! hehe! Not to rub it in or anything....
Oh, sleep, how I miss you! One day I will sleep the whole night through...one day :)
If it makes you feel any better, by the time I'm on the other side, your life should be back to normal! Yipee. Thank goodness they start sleeping through the night eventually. And, thank goodness they are cute or else we'd sell them to the gypsies. Well, at least I would.
Now that I actually could get a full night's sleep, I seem to wake up out of habit. At least the hour feedings are over. I'm amazed we survive through that and somehow we forget. Motherhood is amazing!
I can relate, I remember when I wasn't getting enough sleep, that was rough.
K peoples... I have to clarify something and vindicate my little sleeping beauty.
Brianna is NOT a bad sleeper. Well... until about a week ago.
At 8 weeks old, she started consistently sleeping 6-8 hours/night straight. I was in heaven. That continued til about a week ago, when my bad habit of carrying her around all day and holding her during naps BACKFIRED. She wanted to be held ALLLL the time - overnighht included. Nights progressively worsened.... one waking, two, three...43....then two nights ago was the final straw. By 4 am I was a wreck - thoroughly sleep deprived, and feeling like a human pacifier. Literally. She wanted to sleep through the night LATCHED ON. Sorry babe, no. Ill say it in Spanish - NO.
So yesterday I finally had to do what I have dreaded since I day one... I let her cry it out. Yep. It was absolutely MISERABLE. Honestly, more for me than her. She laid crying in her bassinet for nearly 40 minutes, while my crying lasted much longer. To make things worse, she woke up all smiles and sweetness, totally forgetting about the episode and ready to be friends again. I felt like the meanest mother in the world...it wouldve been easier if she was mad at me instead of forgiving. Ironic, huh.
But it paid off. Last night she didnt wake til 1am, and I fed her, but when she woke at 4am... nope. Amazingly, the cryin lasted just 5 minutes or so. Then I never heard a peep til her usual waking time.
So guess what happens tonight and every night from now on? We continue the 7:30-8pm bedtime routine, and aim to ELIMINATE the mid-night feeding! and the binky, and the swaddling, and the nursing to sleep....we have our work cut out for us.
No more over-indulgent mommy.
that was a long post.
i wonder if anyone actually reads it...
Sleep issues have been the hardest thing for me to figure out... So if you eliminate the midnight feeding, how long will she sleep? I put madeline to bed at about 7:30-8:00pm, wake her up at 10:30 to feed her and she sleeps until 7:00am. Eventually I want to eliminate that late night feeding, but I don't want her waking up super early, and I'm worried about my milk supply...hmmm... any tips?
Oh and crying it out is super hard, we have been doing it with Madeline. The first night, I was a wreck..but it seems to get better everyday. It's for their good, right? :)
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