Monday, November 30, 2009

Light At the End of the Tunnel?

I'm not seeing it. I know it's there, but right now all I see is pitch black.

She's not sleeping longer than 3 hours at night, and when she wakes up the second time to eat (usually around 3 or 4 am) I CANNOT GET HER BACK TO SLEEP! This morning I was up with her from 4am to 5:45am. And when she finally stayed down I couldn't go back to sleep because B was up and Joe had to get ready for work.

I'm yawning right now.

I know it will get better and she will start sleeping longer, but right now it feels like an eternity away. I remember that Brandt would always go right back to sleep after nursing, but she doesn't do that. The book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child says that fussiness peaks at 6 weeks, and starting now a baby's sleep patterns should start to even out. I'm hoping it gets easier from this point on, but who the hell knows. But I can tell you one thing for sure: Lexapro works.

2 comments:

Colleen said...

How did the swaddle blanket work? Don't give up, be consistent, you are doing a great job!!!!

I think I had that book, and I fell asleep reading it, LOL!! Maybe you should give it to Lillian to read!

Denise said...

your daughter is adorable!
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