Soooo, who’s dying to hear about Jack’s sleep? I’m sure it’s ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT! When is Cathy going to tell us more about Jack’s sleep!
Well, your wish is my command. I don’t want to jinx it, but Jack’s night sleeping has suddenly become AWESOME. I do not know how this miracle happened, but I do not question it.
He usually sleeps now from 8 PM to 6:30 – 7:30 AM, with no dream feed. I discovered he didn’t need the dream feed any more quite by accident, when we were dealing with his jet lag in England. The first couple of nights I made the mistake of picking him up at 11:30 for his normal dream feed, and he would be wide awake and upset for a couple of hours afterward. Finally I decided to skip it, and he could wake me up around 2 or 3 and I’d feed him then, and he’d hopefully go back to sleep more easily.
Well, he didn’t wake me up! It wasn’t like that the whole trip, since he was sick, and then when we got back it took about a week for him to readjust to the jet lag. But after that, his sleeping just got better. It’s not like that every night; once in a while he’ll wake up at 3:30 and need help getting back to sleep. Also, he often makes a few noises during the night that wake me up, but he goes quiet immediately after. And sometimes he wakes up earlier.
But it’s made such a big difference in my life. I’m still not getting 8 hours of sleep because I just can’t go to sleep at 10:30, no matter how hard I try, but it is SO MUCH BETTER. I wasn’t sure this day would ever come. And I know it may change again, but for now, each morning when I wake up I am so grateful.
