Thursday, September 17, 2009
One of the BIG Questions
Anyone who has a young child knows several questions that everyone asks. One of the big ones - "How is he/she sleeping?" and all variations of people asking if your baby is sleeping THROUGH THE NIGHT. Well, up until now I have been deceiving everyone. I would say "yes, Margo is a good sleeper" and I think I deceived myself into believing this too because honestly she was! She would only wake up one or twice during the night and want to nurse then be put back down. I thought "hey, that's pretty good! at least she doesn't want to stay up all night playing!" Well, I've come to my breaking point. After 10 and a half months without a full night's sleep (the one time I was away from Margo I still had to wake up in the middle of the night to pump) I am putting my foot down. Starting last night I am no longer nursing Margo in the middle of the night - there I've said it in writing and Lord willing, it will happen! Jim and I agreed to switch off getting up with her and putting her back to bed without eating. Last night was great because she didn't wake up until 5:45am. Maybe she knows something is up, I guess we'll see soon enough. Wish us luck!
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This was so much easier than I expected it would be with Constance-- really, just a few bad nights (she was a bit older, but still). Anyway, I did find it helpful to offer her some sips of water and to substitute something she liked for breastfeeding-- for us, it was scratching her back. She *still* asks for that when she wakes up sometimes :)
ReplyDeleteOh-- and I don't think you were deceiving yourself! I think total amount of sleep per day is really what makes a child a *good* sleeper (if they are getting enough sleep to thrive) and Margo obviously is.... but it IS nice if the sleep comes in nice LOOONNGG stretchs :)