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Putting Katie to bed at night is probably the most frustrating part of my day. She’ll be dead asleep so we put her down and then (most of the time) it’s an hour or more of ruckus and trips into her room before she actually calms down and falls asleep. Tonight this process started at 9…and I was still going at 10:48.

For those interested, it went kinda like this:

• 8:30—Dead asleep napping on us, but we need to try and feed her before she goes down for good.
• 8:40—Wake her up enough to eat but she only eats 2oz.
• 9:00—Dead asleep, won’t burp. Lay down #1. Quiet.
• 9:15—Crying! Get a burp, she’s out. Lay down #2. Quiet.
• 9:30—Crying! Eats 3oz, burps, she’s out. Lay down #3. Quiet.
• Tom falls asleep.
• 9:45—Crying! Diaper change, cuddles/burping, and she’s OUT. Lay down #4.
• 10:00—Screaming hungry bloody murder! But she only eats 1oz and falls dead asleep, won’t burp. Lay down #5. Quiet.
• 10:20—Crying! Wide awake! Eats 1oz, lots of attempting to burp but nothing. Finally falls dead asleep about 10:45. Lay down #6…

At which point I wasn’t sure if she’d be up again or not, but luckily that was it. FINALLY. It’s such a good thing she sleeps all night (most of the time)…

So, after a handful of “nights” of Katie waking up at 4am to eat (and me writing about it yesterday)…last night—well, this morning—it was 6:45! But the price I paid is that she didn’t take her morning nap (which is what I count on to get things done).

And even though she slept in, I didn’t sleep great… I woke up at 3 when she had a mini in-her-sleep outburst, then at 3:45 when Tom’s alarm went off (vibration, but still), then at 5 when he actually got up and showered and I was somewhat paranoid listening for her (positive she’d be waking up ANY minute), then at 6 when I got up to pee…

So, YAY for Katie, but I’m still :zz::zz::zz:

I know her schedule isn’t set in stone since she’s still so young, but I was really used to the 5a or 6a feeding. The past few nights it’s been 4a. 😐 And when she’s up at 4, that means she’ll be up again around 8, which doesn’t give me a lot of time to get anything done in the morning.

I know it’s still not bad AT ALL because I just have to do one nighttime feeding…but I’m more tired now than when she first came home and that just doesn’t seem right. |-|

:zz:

Holy cow! Katie went to bed at 10:30 and slept through until 6:15, ate, went back to sleep at 7 and is still out. She’s always been a good night sleeper, so I hope this continues and is not just the result of a growth spurt.