Cecilia still wakes up every night for a snack sometime between 2 and 4 am. She usually falls back asleep pretty quickly afterward so that is not generally a problem. The problem is that whichever one of use gets up to feed her can't fall back asleep when she's done!
I have spent too many nights tossing and turning for hours so tonight I decided to do some work, which is what Joanne usually does (although she does have this odd habit of emptying the dishwasher in the middle of the night too...). Anyway, we might as well make the best use of the time.
To confess though we are both realllly looking forward to her sleeping through the night. Some "experts" feel it's ok to start forcing your kid to do it at this age but neither of us are comfortable with that approach.
I am definitely looking forward to her sleeping through the night eventually. Although to set the record straight - I'm exhausted enough that I usually do NOT have a problem falling back asleep. Also, it's hard to complain, because she usually does sleep from about 7 or 7:30 until 3am, which is almost 8 hours - pretty damn good I think. And then after downing 6 ounces, she goes back to sleep for another 3-4 hours.
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