SLEEP! YEAH!

My lovely little boy, Nash, does not miss a meal. Since he was born, he's eaten at least every three hours. His sister, Shea, slept for eight hours a night when she was three months old, and she slept twelve hours a night when she was four months old. Nash does not. Three hours is the norm, and he'll go an occassional four if we're lucky. We'd gotten to a pretty good routine, but I was still getting up with him at least twice every night. He didn't fuss too much. He was fine if I fed him, and he'd go right back to sleep. However, after four months of interrupted sleep, I'm utterly exhausted. Now there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Last night, Nash slept for five consecutive hours! I'm hoping that it wasn't a fluke. It was wonderful! Of course, I still woke up at 12:30am and 3:30am, but Nash slept from 10:30pm to 4:30am.

All of you who are moms (and maybe some dads) may know the drill. The baby makes some noise. He grunts a little and begins moving, but doesn't really wake up. You sit up and watch. You might make sure he's comfortable, not too hot and not too cold. You wonder whether you should try to go back to sleep or just wait for the baby to wake up. You know that it's so disheartening to be awakened just after you drifted back into dreamland. Nevertheless, if you've ever done it before, you have learned never to wake a sleeping baby during the night. After some time passes with the absence of grunts and stirring, you feel it's safe to let yourself fall back asleep. Time for feeding number two comes around. Again, some noise and movement, but no wakefulness. A double blessing! You can get some more rest! Sleep has never been sweeter! If that happens for a few nights in a row, you know that you will soon be able to have some restful sleep. Life will begin to return to normal.