Typically, my morning involves Tatum waking somewhere around 5:30-6:00am, at which point I sneak into her room, replace her paci, and tip-toe out bent in half so she can't see me over her crib bumper (I'm sure it's a great visual). I then return to our room and hope hope hope she'll go back to sleep until at least 7:00am, when it's time for her to eat. Lately, she's done pretty well.
At 7:00am, I get her up, feed her and play with her until she's ready for her morning nap...some time around 8:30am. Most of the time, her brother is still asleep when I put her down for her nap. A lot of times, he's waking as she goes down and I step out of her room, and walk directly across the hall into his. (This routine is why at times, my children don't see each other until after 1:00pm).
THIS wonderful, glorious, morning, I was sooo pleasantly surprised. When I woke up, it was 7:00am and BOTH my kiddos were still sleeping peacefully. Tatum didn't wake until 7:30!!! Oh, but wait...it gets better. We have been slowly trying to drop her late night feeding. We're a bit over-due on this...we've just put it off, afraid she won't sleep all night. We've been feeding her earlier and earlier and will soon give her a bottle before bed, rather than wake her. Last night, her last feeding was at 9:00pm. That means, she went 10.5 hours! We are so so so so close to the sweetness of being able to put both kids to bed at the same time and forget about them until morning!
I find it completely mind boggling when I consider that this was the stage we were at last year when I learned I was pregnant again. I get a little giddy when I think about how fun it's going to be to watch Tatum and Trevor grow in the coming months, WITHOUT having to deal with sickness, exhaustion, and the hormone-induced craziness. That light at the end of the tunnel is shining on my face and I am one happy momma.
For those of you with itty-bitty babies... hang in there.... your time is coming. Just don't mess it up and get pregnant again... (lol, I'm mostly kidding).
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I needed this today--we had the night from you know where...the worst one since she's been here and I'm so wiped out. Heading to take a nap but pumping so Sean will have something to feed her in case I sleep 10 hours! LOL. She'll be six weeks soon so I'm just waiting for one of those long stretches of sleep...any day now...
oh and we dream-fed Ty until he was like 8 months old because I was so scared he wouldn't sleep all night!!
oh and I personally can't imagine a baby getting in a rhythm WITHOUT also dealing with nausea, fatigue, hormoes, etc! I'll be beside myself this time :):)
I need to get the book you and Mary have...Ryder has been waking up at 6:00 a.m. every single day lately. I am so scared of what I am going to do when his brother gets here. When Ryder was itty-bitty, I just went back to sleep after the last middle of the night feeding until around 8 or 8:30 a.m. There is no way I'll be able to do that if he continues this 6 a.m. mess. I am glad there is a light at the end of the tunnel for you!!! That means next March I should be sitting pretty! LOL!
Thanks for the words of encouragement, Heather! I know it will all work out!
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