Sometimes I feel like I blink and suddenly S has changed. I look back and think, "When did that happen?" If I don't stop and reflect each day, I miss her growth and find that it's a week or more before I notice the difference.
Today I reflected back on S's sleep growth. I heard her wiggling and stretching this morning and glanced over at the clock. 7:00 am. Really? 7? Wait, yesterday she slept in her co-sleeper until 7 too. Did she do it the day before as well? I don't mean she slept through the night. But this progress is great.
Typically S decides that sometime between 3 and 6 am is morning. I never know what each day will bring. I usually give up and pull her into bed with me and spend the rest of the "night" sleeping with her in my arms. I absolutely love waking her to her sweet face next to mine but my sleep is light, very light, when I'm holding her. This new change is a welcome one.
The second change I realized today is that I don't have to work to get S back to sleep after each feeding in the night. Even when she wakes a little more, I can lay her right down and after a little wiggling, she falls back to sleep. I used to have to rock her in my arms a little bit after nursing her. I'd spend 30 min to an hour each time she woke up nursing and rocking. Now I spend 10-15 minutes.
I probably shouldn't write these things because I do know that things can change again for the better or worse in an instance. But for now I will smile and appreciate a week of deeper, longer rest for us both.
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