Last Friday, I finally decided it was time to get serious about Baby J's sleeping issues. The first volley was just as ridiculously difficult as I feared. For example, Sunday night went like this:
8:30 pm - Bedtime routine (bath, nurse, bed); I promise myself I won't feed her again for 6 hours
12 am - Baby wakes up and fusses; I go in every 15 minutes to comfort her (which only works the first couple of times)
2 am - Baby falls asleep; I realize that I'm not going to relax enough to sleep until after she wakes up at a time I'm willing to feed her (because I just know that as soon as I get to sleep she'll wake up, and I *hate* that)
3:45 am - Baby wakes up; I feed her
4 am - I finally get to sleep
6 am - Baby wakes up again; we start the every-15-minute thing all over again
8 am - I give in, feed her, and face the morning
Needless to say, I was exhausted beyond the telling of it yesterday. But last night, we seem to have had a breakthrough. She went to bed at 9 and woke up at 12, but only fussed for about 10 minutes. She then slept until 4, then until 8. I actually got 8 hours of sleep! Not all at once, of course, but two 4-hour blocks is more sleep than I've gotten in one night since before she was born.
We're travelling this weekend and will all be sleeping in the same room, so I a little worried about the potential setback. But we'll deal.
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