Before we went on vacation, Darius had been sleeping through the night for a little more than two months. Since we were in different places while on vacation, he started waking up in the night for a mid-night feeding. This has been a continuing habit of his. Well, Tuesday night I was ready for this habit to be over. He woke up wanting to eat at 12:30 and also at 4:10 and then he decided that I had slept enough and decided to keep me up for an hour after that.
Last night I was not going to feed him before 4:00 a.m. Knowing that if he consistently got up around that time, I would eventually lengthen his feedings until at least 6:00 a.m. He woke up at 2:10 a.m. and so I went in and gave him his pacifier and patted his bottom until he settled down again. Once he was quiet, I went back to bed. Thus began a long process that lasted an hour. With him fussing, me patting and trying to go back to sleep. He finally did and ended up sleeping until 6:20 a.m. Yay! I am preparing myself to repeat this tonight and every night until he gets back in the habit of sleeping through the night. We are trying to help him sleep longer by feeding him cereal and a veggie at his last feeding so he will stay fuller longer. Although last night in his sleep at some point he spit the majority of it up. (Maybe that's why he fussed so much.)
Anyway, I still haven't noticed a tooth pop through yet. I'm still hoping it will soon, although he hasn't been as grumpy today as previous days. I hope it stays that way.
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I noticed with Micah if we fed him something too substantial before he went to bed, he fussed more than if it wasn't. I think his issue might be falling back to sleep after waking up rather than being hungry.
I'll be praying you through your exhaustion until he sleeps through the night again!
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