Sleeping

For awhile after momma and daddy brought me home from the hospital, every night when I was suppose to be sleeping, I would have a 2 hour period, where I just couldn't sleep and was very fussy. Momma tried everything to make sure I was comfortable and happy, but I was just fussy. Eventually, at the end of the 2 hours or so, I'd take a second bottle and finally go back to sleep so momma could sleep.

The past 2 nights, however, my fussy period was earlier in the evening while momma was already awake. She had daddy's help with me, but they still couldn't figure out what was wrong. Sometimes I just need to fuss!

BUT! Both evenings, after I stopped being fussy, momma would put me to bed and I did what she called, sleeping through the night.

On Friday night, I slept from 11:30PM to 5:45AM. But last night I slept from 11PM to 8:30 AM! Both nights I slept in my bouncy seat next to momma's bed. The first night it was because momma and daddy thought I was maybe catching the cold the boys and daddy have and momma said if I was, I'd sleep better if I wasn't flat on my back. But after I slept through the night, momma said something about maybe sleep training me to continue sleeping through, while in my bouncer for a few more nights, and then she would start putting me in my crib again to see if I'd continue to do so.

Momma and daddy don't seem to mind me being fussy in the evening. They call it heartbreaking and adorable. I get snuggled and kissed on while I sort out my emotions. Momma will walk around with me. Sometimes she sings to me. Sometimes she offers me more bottle. She lets me eat as much as I want, and doesn't get mad if I refuse to eat. She spends a lot of time with me over her shoulder patting my back. She tells daddy she wants to be sure I don't have bubbles stuck in my tummy.

During the day, I'm not sleeping as much. Well, I am, but I'm waking more often to eat. Momma says she wishes I was on more of a schedule, but she also says she is willing to feed me on demand. She says I'm still a little thing and that if I say I'm hungry, she'll feed me. Even if I only end up eating an ounce and go right back to sleep. She says she thinks, that I think if I'm awake I'm suppose to be eating. She says the schedule will come.

All in all though, I'm still a sleepy little thing!