Early this week Mikey slept through the night 7-7! I was elated; however, I was not expecting it to occur every night as Mikey is only 10 weeks old. Well much to my suprise and delight Mikey has slept 7-7 for 5 straight days now! It started with him getting up once at 4am which he has been doing since 5 weeks old! Following Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child book, I put a pacifier in his mouth at 4am and turned his sleep lamb back on. I placed my hand on his stomach for 2-3 minutes and he was fast asleep without feeding him or picking him up. After two nights of this he stopped waking up at 4am! According to the people with have talked with it is not common for babies to sleep through night until 3-4 months and even then sleeping through the night is only considered 6 hours! With that being said Mike and I realize we are very lucky to have such a great baby. Mike and I are able to enjoy quiet dinners and the occasional glass of wine at our new dinner time of 730. We are grateful that we can have adult time each evening to catch up on each others days. I finally feel back to normal (its probably the ample sleep!) Not only does Mikey sleep 7-7; he is an extremely happy baby. He loves being around people and does not like being left alone! He has finally decided he loves the swing; however, he is a little to big for it :( With the straps as big as they go they are still tight on our little pumpkin.
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Go Mikey. Maybe he can teach Weston how to sleep in until 7. The little guy decided that he is now going to wake up at 6am.
Just wanted to let you know that we are reading the same book; Alaina is falling asleep faster but she was up 3 times last night to eat. I'm a little jealous. :-)
He is too cute -- can't wait to see him at Thanksgiving :-)
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