Omar was away this weekend and as soon as he closed the door Friday Helena started to cry. Lauren spent the night so I would have some help if I needed it, and I needed it! Helena woke up multiple times during the night and not only to feed, but for other things - like gas - which I didn't catch because I was SO tired. After many attempts to get her to sleep, I finally woke Lauren up at 6:00 am to help. She fell asleep for Lauren and stayed asleep until I woke her up for her next feeding.
Saturday night she slept well, which was a good thing for Gayle who spent the night so I would have help. Thank goodness Helena let me sleep because last night she didn't.
The night started off well, but around 4:00 am Helena kept waking up. I had just fed her 30 minutes before and we got a good burp out of her, so gas and hunger were ruled out. I thought that she wanted to be held, which did get her to fall asleep, but as soon as I put her down and got back under the covers she was off and crying again. After about 4 tries I woke Omar up. He figured out the problem - she had another wet diaper. After that she slept until her next feeding when she started crying again - 15 minutes of sleep.
Omar went back to work today and I finally got some sleep this afternoon - 2 whole hours! I couldn't imagine doing this and going to work. I couldn't imagine going back to work after 6 weeks either. It's going to take the whole time I'm home to get into a rhythm - just to shake it up again when I go to work and she goes to daycare - but that's another posting.
2 comments:
Don't worry, you will get there with a routine...and it will happen before you go back to work. :)
Love you!
xoxo,
C
These early weeks are HARD. Hang in there!
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