Before our sweet littlest sister arrived, I prepared myself for baby life...You know, sleepless life. In fact, what my husband and I both really prepared ourselves for was him on the couch for a while and me in bed with the baby girl nursing all night. That's the way it was with the Little Guy, and we were prepared to go there again. Really, I was looking forward to so much snuggle time.
But this time is different than ever before. Way different. Way.
Really, I have to preface the difference with, "Don't hate me because my baby sleeps...." I mean, I might have felt that way with my three previous babies. I might have really had a hard time liking you if you told me that on your third or fourth week together your baby was sleeping through the night.
That's the first thing that most people ask me these days..."Are you getting any sleep?"
"Actually, she's slept through the night since about 3 or 4 weeks. I mean 5-7 or 8 hours or so. But before 6 weeks, she was sleeping all night. Every night. I mean 10-12 hours. Sometimes, I've had to wake her. And she naps."
Yep, she's all that. (And more...)
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I had 3 great sleepers :) Well, the 3rd was great until about 16 months, then suddenly he made it a habit of waking around 4AM for a drink - literally a sip - then would go back to sleep while I stood there fuming because I had to get up in the first place. I tried leaving him a cup in his bed, a bottle for easy grasp and lazy sucking, and even allowing him to scream himself sick in hopes of him falling back to sleep. I truly started to dislike my little man for a few weeks! It lasted for about 6 months, then just as suddenly as it started, it stopped - HALLELUJAH!!!!
I hope you continue to get lots & lots of sleep :)
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