I am beginning to feel whole again!!!! This past week has made motherhood well worth the sleepless weeks prior. 4 our of 5 nights Jonathan has slept for 5 1/2 hours, ate and then slept for another 2 1/2 hours. I feel so much better and well rested. Then hope this routine we have continues! He is also smiling a lot more! His smiles make my heart melt. I can't wait until I can hear his little laugh as well.
This is what I have learned to work to keep his nights better. All day he eats every 3-4 hours. Once 4pm arrives we moved to eating ever 2-2 1/2 hours. At his 7:00 feeding i give him 2 ounces of formula. Sometimes he drinks less, depending on how well he nursed prior to the bottle. At 9:00 I nurse for 15 minutes, give him a bath, lotion him up and then nurse until he is ready to stop and go down, around 10pm. Thankfully he doesn't cry when I put him in his crib. I don't even have to give him the pacifier. I swaddle him, and he just looks at me, and then I leave. I do have soft music playing from after his bath and throughout the night. In a few weeks I'll turn the repeat CD option off and see how he does sleeping in quiet. Overall, this has worked for us the best. Maybe soon he'll start sleeping longer than that 5 1/2 hours, but until then, I'm not complaining!
ohh I can't wait until that is levi again. I'm going to try giving him a bath and a little extra formula before bed too. It's amazing how much happier you can be on some good rest!
ReplyDeleteIs Levi still waking up every few hours??? Hope it gets better soon.
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