For those who found this page thinking I have some clever tip on how to stop my baby(ies) from waking at nights, you kinda found the right place.
I say kinda because Caitlin, our first one, more or less “just decided” to sleep through the night when she was probably around 4 months old. Yes she was (and in lots of way, is) an easy baby. Our second one, Caleb, however, was already in his 13th month and still woke wanting milk; much to Hot Mummee and my dismay.
About a month ago, Caleb was down with a pretty bad fever and flu. The point here isn’t the flu but the lethargy that came with it. I recall there was a one particular day where he was seriously dead-tired. So worn was he that that night was the first in a long time where he just slept all the way through. I won’t even be surprised if he didn’t even shift in his sleep; though he’d likely have otherwise he’d have a serious dead arm (read somewhere that human brain automatically gets the body to move/shift in sleep, so as to, well, shift and re-orientate the body around).
Glad to say that since that night, he’s not woken anymore, almost. I say almost because he would still wake waaa waaaaaa but HM and I (more so HM while I pretend to still be asleep) would quickly lull him back to sleep before he gets too awake and starts making demands.
However now he does wake and make serious demands earlier in the morning than before. When we were feeding him at 3am-ish, by the morning when it was time to bring the whole posse to Grandma’s (and Caitlin off to school) the little man would still be asleep. These days he wakes around the same time as Caitlin, which is at around sunrise, 6:30-7:00.
So what’s the tip to making babies sleep through the night? Get them sick with flu!
Otherwise, try what we were planning on trying initially: To feed his last feed for the night later than before.
I reckon I can start getting good sleep now and wake early for work outs. Yay for Daddee! Cos it’s around the same time Caleb starts waking anyway, and HM can be the one handling him! YAY DADDEE!
Good for you!
So weekends will be 6.30-7 am as well?
Yeah weekends too!
Actually in the mornings, when possible the helper can take over. Most times though its HM who would feed him, cos the helper has chores to do and time to keep (Caitlin’s school days).
On weekends we would get the helper to feed him, especially if we had been out late the night before!
This (Monday) morning however, I did wake with the alarm for the treadmill, but I went back to bed! I woke with a headache- okay?? Just means I gotta sleep earlier!
Yay Daddee! And Mummee too.
The only thing I can say about this whole thing for us is that… at least I am a stay home mum and can occasionally take an afternoon nap and don’t have to worry about not being able to function at work. Hahaha…
These days it’s Max who cries in his dreams, demanding for Mommy to sleep with him, and of course feeding Myron. There was one night I was climbing in and out between two beds like about 5 times I felt like I hardly slept.
