Sleeper
I am terrified of jinxing it, but so far Noah is turning out to be my best sleeper. I can hardly believe my luck.
It was an uncertain first few weeks as he woke frequently to feed through the night and would only sleep in the bed with us. But the last month or so has been really good. He does wake to feed in the night, usually between 3am and 4am, but it is just a half hour feed then straight back in his basket and back to sleep. No pacing, patting, walking or rocking. Of course we have the odd unsettled night - only a few days ago he woke at 1.30am and didn't settle until 6am. But most nights are easy. And we have even had a few where he has slept straight through. Last night was the best yet, from 10pm to 7pm. At only 14 weeks I think this is great, certainly for one of my children anyway.
We have not been able to get him down in his cot the evenings - he just sleeps for 10 minutes then wakes and cries. So far we have not tried to make it happen, I am very aware of him being my last baby and how quickly this time will pass. So he spends the evenings downstairs with us, still often asleep or just in his bouncer, having a feed if he gets fussy, and then he comes to bed when we go some time between 10pm and 11pm. Then I feed him and he goes straight to sleep. I am tired, feeding in the night is still quite draining, but I do not feel as though I am trying to function through a fug of sleep deprivation.
He is a cheerful baby, full of gummy smiles for me and Adrian and particularly for Freyja and Theo. He gurgles and coos and laughs and as long as he is fed and has enough naps then he is content (give or take the odd digestive issue that he suffers from!) Though I make no predictions as to how he will turn out - neither Freyja nor Theo have the personalities that I thought they would have from their baby temperments.
It was an uncertain first few weeks as he woke frequently to feed through the night and would only sleep in the bed with us. But the last month or so has been really good. He does wake to feed in the night, usually between 3am and 4am, but it is just a half hour feed then straight back in his basket and back to sleep. No pacing, patting, walking or rocking. Of course we have the odd unsettled night - only a few days ago he woke at 1.30am and didn't settle until 6am. But most nights are easy. And we have even had a few where he has slept straight through. Last night was the best yet, from 10pm to 7pm. At only 14 weeks I think this is great, certainly for one of my children anyway.
We have not been able to get him down in his cot the evenings - he just sleeps for 10 minutes then wakes and cries. So far we have not tried to make it happen, I am very aware of him being my last baby and how quickly this time will pass. So he spends the evenings downstairs with us, still often asleep or just in his bouncer, having a feed if he gets fussy, and then he comes to bed when we go some time between 10pm and 11pm. Then I feed him and he goes straight to sleep. I am tired, feeding in the night is still quite draining, but I do not feel as though I am trying to function through a fug of sleep deprivation.
He is a cheerful baby, full of gummy smiles for me and Adrian and particularly for Freyja and Theo. He gurgles and coos and laughs and as long as he is fed and has enough naps then he is content (give or take the odd digestive issue that he suffers from!) Though I make no predictions as to how he will turn out - neither Freyja nor Theo have the personalities that I thought they would have from their baby temperments.
posted by solveig at
3:44 pm
2 Comments:
yay for sleepy babies. x
Glad your having a goodnight sleep. It's natural for babies to wake up late at night. This mean sleep deprivation for parents.
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