No One Ever Told Us!
Topic: Reid's Sleep Pattern
Day 11:
I think we had a parenting breakthrough last night. =) Reid's wake time tends to be between midnight and about 3am. He's just wide awake and cries when we put him down to sleep, so one of us ends up getting frustrated and losing more sleep to rock him, sometimes while he's still crying. I'm starting to try to get him on a flexible routine by feeding him every 2.5 to 3 hours, waking him during the day when necessary. (At night I let him wake me as needed for feedings.) I try to give him wake time after day time feedings then put him down for a nap until the next feeding. I'm hoping he'll use more energy during the day, but it's been hard keeping him awake at all, so he still has that midnight wake window, just like when he was in my belly. So, last night during that window, I fed him, made sure his diaper was dry, got all the burps out of him and swaddled him tight, then put him down, even though he was wide awake. By the time I got back in bed, he started crying as usual. It escalated to a scream and Colby and I decided to let it ride. It was hard not to go pick him up to get him to stop crying but we did it and he only screamed 4 minutes the first time and about 9 minutes the next time (seemed like longer, but I was watching the clock!). Then, he must have used all his little body's energy on those cries, because he fell fast asleep, so then we did too. =) Yay!