Somewhat sleep deprived…still
Success…somewhat. The sleep battle feels like it will be won. Baby Brother has been going into his crib every night with very limited protest. Just a token protest to let me know he would rather be held. Another token (10 second cry) 3 hours later to give me the chance to pick him up. But he’s been getting into a coughing fit consistently at about 3:30am and this is when I pick him and we fall into our old pattern. He’s got a little congestion and even though I’ve got a humidifier running in his room, he seems to need more moisture (a drink) around that time. As far as I’m concerned, sleeping from 9pm to 3:30am in his own crib is a huge success. Yet, I am sleep-deprived - more sleep-deprived than when the baby woke me up every 2-3 hours! WHY??
I apparently suffer from some sort of absent-baby-insomnia where I just lay awake in bed straining my ears for any sound coming from his room and keeping my eye on the clock. I trust I will be cured soon. Adoring Father is ecstatic about our success. But we have to guard our ’success’ as Adoring Angel is trying to fill the space vacated by her brother, showing up in the middle of the night to sleep by mommy (a space she not so long ago relinquished to Baby Brother). AF is determined not to let that happen and immediately bundles her up to return her to her bed. Thank Goodness!
