Those of you who have been following what I deem the "Sleeping Saga" with abated breath will be happy to know that we have put our resolve to the sticking place and our son now sleeps nine hours uninterrupted. Praise the Lord. However, this means (for those of you math people) that our son also wakes up at 5:00 a.m.
I have a real hard time with 5:00 a.m. I can handle 6:00 a.m., but 5 is just an hour I have never enjoyed seeing pretty much my whole entire life. We, my husband and I, would like JP to sleep a little later, but We are hitting a wall. I have been letting JP entertain himself in his bed (i.e. fuss and talk and cry) until at least 6:30 hoping he will see the futility of his ways and just resolve himself to sleep at least 10 hours.
My son has resolve alright -- just not in the direction I would like. This would be D-Day plus 5 in the battle over 5. It really only took one night to get to the nine hour point -- who knows how long until we reach the ten hour mark?
So, all of you experienced and smart moms out there, any suggestions?
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I used to feed (nurse or give a full bottle) my babies at 5 (why do they like 5? But all of mine did.) and stick them right back in bed. Keep things dark and quiet, and you will sometimes get another hour or two out of it. Then just get them up at 6:30 or 7 or whenever they've had it with their bed, and start your day with your normal breakfast routine.
ReplyDeleteHooray on the 9 hours! These early months are just hard. By the time he's a year, things will be so much easier because he can put himself to sleep.
And you're a wonderful mommy. Even with sleep issues, you are a wonderful mommy. :0)
I second K's post. Did the same myself. A quick diaper change and feeding (milk only) then back into bed they went. Just be sure you go wake him up at 7 or 7:30 (or whenever you decide to start the day's schedule). If you just leave him till he wakes up on his own, he'll not take good daytime naps. You'll get his internal clock set nicely if you stick to a consistent wake up/breakfast time.
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