What The Night Brings

Usually it brings me anxiety but the past two nights it has brought some sleep. I hesitate to write about it, superstitious about jinxing myself. But after the previous blog post on how I felt like I am going to cease to exist, I should probably tell you that I'm doing better.

Two nights ago Leo slept from 10-4 and 5-7, that's a SIX hour block!! Twice as long as what he's been sleeping before. Unfortunately, I woke at 230 anticipating a nursing event. Both boys were still sleeping. So I dozed until about 4, when he usually wakes. Leo started squawking, Dave started to get up. I got confused. Dave has been taking the first shift, the 4am is usually mine. Dave said it was the first shift, he hadn't gotten up previously. I got so excited that I couldn't really fall back asleep. Gah!

Last night, I expected a regression back to his usual ways. He went to sleep at 930. He didn't wake until 430! That's 7 hours people!!! Then from 530-830. Boy was I surprised. Will it last? I hope so but you never know.

What were the conditions that induced this wonderful sleep behavior? The only thing that I can think of is that he stuffed himself silly right before going to bed, i.e., nursed for almost an hour. Which resulted in a bad case of reflux the first night when I tried to put him down on his crib, took 30 min to calm him down, thought we were in for a rough night after that. Last night I kept trying to pull him off, not wanting another reflux event but evidently he was hungry and got mad every time I tried to pull him off. Eventually he fell asleep and was done eating. No reflux.

The night still brings anxiety as I never know how many times he's going to wake. But having him in his own room keeps me from waking up every time he twitches or sighs in his sleep which is great. We'll see what tonight brings. Hopefully this trend will continue.