my obssession with percy's sleeping continues- in a positive way!
on thursday she took her naps without being wrapped or with a dummy. thursday nite she was in a sleeping bag with a dummy and it didn't go too bad. during friday naps she was in a sleeping bag with no dummy and the longest it took her to fall asleep was 20 minutes. this is less than half the time from only one day before. things are looking positive, tho we have learnt that just because something happens one day doesn't mean it will happen again.
last nite, friday nite, she fell asleep at 7pm sans wrap and dummy and slept thru to an 11:10pm feed. asleep again 'til 1:15am when she woke and cried from unhappiness, not needing more food. i tried to calm and shoosh her for 10 minutes. with no success i popped the dummy in her mouth and she settled instantly. i let her suck it for one minute before easing it out of her mouth. she stirred and snuffled and wriggled but was asleep within ten minutes again. she woke at 3:45am for a feed. i'll try to cancel these feeds in the future, perhaps when she is eating a variety of solids consistently. back to sleep without assistance. woke at 6:00am. we left her to talk to herself for 50 minutes before i got her up at 6:50am. she was not upset during this time just not asleep either. the improvement at this end is she woke at 6am rather than 5 or 5:30am like many previous mornings. maybe we'll eventually get her to sleep 12 hours from 7pm to 7am!
she's gone down for her morning nap in a sleeping bag without a dummy, taking only ten minutes to fall asleep.
i'm trying to be positive while also manageing my expectations!
2 comments:
I read somewhere that it helps if your partner gets up for "resettling with no feeds" in the night. The theory is that when you get up, the baby can't help but think about your milk because you smell of it (and your hormones). Apparently they create less of a fuss when it's your partner. Haven't tried it ourselves, though.
thanx sarah, i've heard the same but paul's response is "screw that shit!"
my reaction was a slap and "where's my dinner biatch!"
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