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Sleep update
Casper has been sleeping in her crib for 2 weeks now. It was pushed up against the bed so I could lean over the nurse her in the night, but now we've put the rail up for safety (she wiggles too much) and I scoop her out to feed her.
So, we've made progress in some areas. I sleep with earplugs in and am not awakened by random snorts, and since she is in the crib I am not thwacked by a leg in the night. mr. flea loves having no baby between him and me for sleeping and cuddles.
The late part of the night goes off pretty well. She always nurses between 5 and 5:30 and then sleeps for another hour plus. Usually she nurses at 2ish before that. We are getting 3-hour stretches more than we had been, and haven't had an every-hour marathon since we put her in the crib. Right now it's the early part of the night that's tough. She's been sleepy early and will often fall alseep by 7:30 only to wake up at 8 or 8:30 and not want to nurse or fall alseep in bed by herself (which she had been doing fine). I am at wit's end by this point in the evening so mr. flea holds her until she sleeps, but I DO NOT want to get into another bad habit with this! I find I do more nursing before midnight, and less after. This despite stuffing her with food at dinner time and unlimited regular nursing between 4:30 and bedtime.
She still cries out in her sleep and then settles, making enough noise to wake me. When she cries wanting to nurse she can be pacified for half an hour, but then will cry steadily. Very tiring for me as I wake up twice instead of once, but the idea is to lengthen the interval and discourage night feeding.
In the past two weeks napping has completely settled down and is shockingly regular. She naps at 9 for 1.5 hours and at 1 for 2 hours. Almost like clockwork, with hardly any effort on our part to make her do so. It's such a luxury on the weekends to know that we have 2 hours to do whatever we want around the house. It's so precious I can completely understand parents who schedule life around the sacred naps. If she misses or has to delay a nap she is okay still, but I can see the attachment to schedule growing.
So, we've made progress in some areas. I sleep with earplugs in and am not awakened by random snorts, and since she is in the crib I am not thwacked by a leg in the night. mr. flea loves having no baby between him and me for sleeping and cuddles.
The late part of the night goes off pretty well. She always nurses between 5 and 5:30 and then sleeps for another hour plus. Usually she nurses at 2ish before that. We are getting 3-hour stretches more than we had been, and haven't had an every-hour marathon since we put her in the crib. Right now it's the early part of the night that's tough. She's been sleepy early and will often fall alseep by 7:30 only to wake up at 8 or 8:30 and not want to nurse or fall alseep in bed by herself (which she had been doing fine). I am at wit's end by this point in the evening so mr. flea holds her until she sleeps, but I DO NOT want to get into another bad habit with this! I find I do more nursing before midnight, and less after. This despite stuffing her with food at dinner time and unlimited regular nursing between 4:30 and bedtime.
She still cries out in her sleep and then settles, making enough noise to wake me. When she cries wanting to nurse she can be pacified for half an hour, but then will cry steadily. Very tiring for me as I wake up twice instead of once, but the idea is to lengthen the interval and discourage night feeding.
In the past two weeks napping has completely settled down and is shockingly regular. She naps at 9 for 1.5 hours and at 1 for 2 hours. Almost like clockwork, with hardly any effort on our part to make her do so. It's such a luxury on the weekends to know that we have 2 hours to do whatever we want around the house. It's so precious I can completely understand parents who schedule life around the sacred naps. If she misses or has to delay a nap she is okay still, but I can see the attachment to schedule growing.