So lately Hartlee's sleeping habits are not that great. She went from sleeping 8-10 hours straight to sleeping about 6 waking up to eat, going back to sleep for 3, waking up again eating a few more ounces and then falling back to sleep for about an hour. Not my ideal situation but what am I going to do? No mater what time she wakes up the minute she sees me or Evan she grins. Not just a little "nice to see you," grin, but a big "haha the jokes on you its 3 am and you are catering to my every need," type of grin. I try my hardest not to smile back at her. First, I dont want her to think she has ALL the power. Second, if I smile back then she smiles again, then I smile again, next thing I know im playing and talking to her completely forgeting the inapproriate time and then both of us are wide awake.
But how do I not smile at the cutest thing I have ever seen?
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3 comments:
Nothing wrong with smiling at the baby feed her and do quiet bed time things. Unfortunately Shani this will happen A LOT. IT SUCKS!! I'm not going to sugar coat anything for you, I pray Aiden never gets sick because it will throw his sleeping schedule off for a month I swear it will be like having a new born all over again. Like I said it SUCKS. But try shortening her naps during the day maybe feeding her a little more rice cereal before bed so she's fuller. Do your best to keep her up later or where her out more while she's awake. Just when she does get up in the middle of the night let her know it's night time by not doing anything you would do with her during the day quiet night time things read her a story or feed her and sit quietly on the couch in front of the tv. Love you, hope it gets better soon. I was there not too long ago ; )
I'm one of amy's friends & came across your blog. I have a 2 year old so I figured I could give some advice.
Babies are constantly changing and growing and when they are going through growing spurts they sleep more then when they are not. The best thing you can do is try to keep her on a schedule. Eventually she will keep up. The same thing happened to my son, when he was about 6 months and the dr told me to not give him a bottle when he wakes up like that (they wake up because they know that they are going to get that). It was hell for about a week (I dont think anyone got much sleep) but after a week I think he realized that he should probably just keep sleeping because he wasn't going to get a bottle at 2 or 3 am. Keep up the good work, it will get better, promise.
i don't have any advice for you.. cuz u probably already know it all anyway. but when i get home in two weeks, i'd be happy to wake up in the middle of the night and see my niece. though idk how much she'll like me.. considering she doesn't know me at all.
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