1:30 woke up and wouldn’t settle. Joe tried for some time (maybe an hour) to get her to calm down. He finally put her down to CIO. After a few minutes, I went in to give her paci again. This time, she wimpered once more and fell asleep- I don’t think I did anything special, just happened to be the one to go in at the right time. (I talked to Caren today and was telling her about last night and Sunday night. She said that since we are not feeding her at these middle of the night awakenings, Addi will likely wean herself off of them rather than us having to do so for her- that was encouraging. I’d really like her to wean herself off rather than us having to move towards CIO in the middle of the night)
6:30ish (this time is always a little fuzzy for me!) fed her and tried to keep her awake. Kept her up for a little while and then she went right back down to sleep.
8:45 woke and fed. Slept while at my breast, and I admit- I slept too! We dozed on the couch with her latched and eating for about an hour. I then made us get up and change clothes to be able to really wake up. I put her in the swing while I ate. Then, I let her play on the blanket with her play yard on the floor for quite a while. She was very content. I put her down close to 11:00. She slept soundly until I woke her at 12.
12:00 I had to wake her up, and she fed. Afterwards, I put her in the bouncy seat- which she has hardly used to date. It was nice to carry it from room to room while I sorted laundry and did the dishes. I didn’t feel confined, and didn’t feel as though I was leaving her on the blanket in the dining room ALL the time! Around 12:55, she started to get fussy, so I kicked it into high gear and we headed out to run errands. We went to TJ Maxx for me to find some jeans to wear to the Fair tonight, and we went to the grocery store. She was an angel! Fell asleep as I was in the fitting room at TJ Maxx and stayed asleep through our entire time at Kroger. Came home and I put her in the swing to finish her rest/sleep time.
3:00 fed her (awake this time), then got ready for fair. Took her to practice with me until Joe got home. He got her around 4:45. She had a 15 minute cat nap while at Cheerleading, so he let her fall back asleep in his arms.
6:00 feeding, then happy for a short amount of time- blanket time with Joe, then fussy. He said her gas was really bad. This seems to be common at this time of day. Very frustrating to know that soon this will be our only family time and she is always in pain and fussy around this time of day L Didn’t get any restful sleep this cycle.
8:30 I came home and made Joe some dinner, and we decided to let her go until 9 with that nap since it had been so poor.
9:00 I pretty much dream fed her. She would barely wake for burping. When I put her completely upright on my shoulder/chest, she woke. I changed her diaper and she was happy as a clam! We made the executive decision not to do bath time tonight since we were getting started at 9 rather than 8:30. I sang to her and she was asleep again in my arms. When I put her down in the crib and sang the last verse- she was about out. However, we did hear her grunting and squirming some, but no crying at all.
I go back to work tomorrow… I am nervous for me and nervous for she and Joe. He is keeping her all day. It will be nearly 12 hours of just Addi and Daddy! Praying all goes well.
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