Sleep... or lack thereof
I can't wait until this kid has a normal sleeping pattern. At around 1am she finally falls asleep after eating and then screaming for what seems like forever. Then I put her down and try to sleep in my own bedroom. Actually I can't even remember that part at this point because I spend so much time in her room. Did I even sleep in my own room for any stretch of time last night? I honestly can't remember. All I remember is going to console her at 3am.
I actually keep track of every time that I feed her. I write down the hour and whatnot. Last night I fed her before bed at around 11, then when she woke up at 3am then again at 5:30am and then this morning at around 8. Last week she used to sleep right through that 3am feeding, it made the night seem much more bearable. It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't take her so long to fall back asleep! Once she's done eating, she slooooowly passes out, and then when you THINK she's asleep and go to put her in her bed, she freaks out and starts crying. This eats into my sleeping time. Once she finally DOES fall asleep, she'll be up in an hour to eat again anyway!
So let's see.. from 1am to 3am, that's 2 hours of sleep. Then again from 6am until 8am, that's another 2 hours. So it looks like today I will be going on 4 hours of sleep. Success!
I took her for a walk this morning at 9am. Going to try to make that a 'ritual' so she gets used to it. Before she was born, I would jog every morning. At least this will lead up to getting back into some kind of routine. By 9:30 though it was already almost 90 degrees with 85% humidity and she (understandably) got fussy. We did manage a good half hour walk, though!
I actually keep track of every time that I feed her. I write down the hour and whatnot. Last night I fed her before bed at around 11, then when she woke up at 3am then again at 5:30am and then this morning at around 8. Last week she used to sleep right through that 3am feeding, it made the night seem much more bearable. It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't take her so long to fall back asleep! Once she's done eating, she slooooowly passes out, and then when you THINK she's asleep and go to put her in her bed, she freaks out and starts crying. This eats into my sleeping time. Once she finally DOES fall asleep, she'll be up in an hour to eat again anyway!
So let's see.. from 1am to 3am, that's 2 hours of sleep. Then again from 6am until 8am, that's another 2 hours. So it looks like today I will be going on 4 hours of sleep. Success!
I took her for a walk this morning at 9am. Going to try to make that a 'ritual' so she gets used to it. Before she was born, I would jog every morning. At least this will lead up to getting back into some kind of routine. By 9:30 though it was already almost 90 degrees with 85% humidity and she (understandably) got fussy. We did manage a good half hour walk, though!