He sleeps!

Finally, he sleeps through the night.

Last Saturday, the baby slept from 11.30 pm 'til 8.30 am (I had to wake him up!), so we started hoping that 4 months of sleep deprivation were coming to an end.

Alas, the next days, he woke up at 3 am again. He didn't cry, he just made some sounds, so we got up, changed diaper, prepared milk etc.

Tuesday night, he was awake again at 3 am. It was my shift (my wife and I take turns), but I was exhausted and didn't want to get up; apparently, I fell asleep again, and so did he.

Wednesday night, my wife also resisted the urge to get up at the first sound, and yep, he fell asleep again.

Last night, I didn't even hear him, so he probably slept straight until 7.00 am, just like mum and dad.

That's three nights in a row with a normal, good night sleep of more or less 8 hours for all of us!

Hurray!

~:cheers: :balloon2: :balloon: :balloon3: ~:cheers:

really

Gosh! Glad that is over.

Sleep tight!:laugh4:

LOUD NOISES

Moral of the story: Inattentiveness pays off. :thumbsup:

That's so cute! :) I guess now, you, he and your wife are sleeping like babies! Heh heh...um...no... :/

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Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

Moral of the story: Inattentiveness pays off. :thumbsup:

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Hehehe, it's tough to overcome that instinct to leap to baby at the first sound. Subsequent children and sleep deprivation temper the reaction time. Has he started on baby food yet?
That will be an adjustment period too, but should help him sleep longer without waking up because of hunger. How much does he weigh now?

My little stinker used to be a midnight rambler. Active throughout the night till daddy went to work, then sleep much of the day till I stumbled home. Coffee and a series of combat naps were my survival kit.

Wait a decade and you will have the exact opposite problem. My parents practically have to drag me out of bed in the morning.

Toet -> Grand Manier

Grandma's method

Enjoy the sleep while it lasts.

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Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

Moral of the story: Inattentiveness pays off. :thumbsup:

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Indeed. We finally discovered the power of ignoring :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by A Nerd

That's so cute! :) I guess now, you, he and your wife are sleeping like babies! Heh heh...um...no... :/

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LOL! After the last few months, I have decided to no longer use the expression "to sleep like a baby". I think the expression is a lie invented to encourage young people to procreate :mean:

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Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito

Hehehe, it's tough to overcome that instinct to leap to baby at the first sound. Subsequent children and sleep deprivation temper the reaction time. Has he started on baby food yet?

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He's gotten his first few spoons, to learn. He still doesn't quiet grasped the technique. Most of the food disappears in all kinds of places, except his stomach.

Nothing is cuter than a big smile with a mouth full of food, though :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by Hosa

That will be an adjustment period too, but should help him sleep longer without waking up because of hunger. How much does he weigh now?

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Still only 4.6 kg, which is roughly 10.14 lbs. He's a little one and he grows slow. He doesn't eat very much, apparently, he doesn't need it.

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Originally Posted by Hosa

My little stinker used to be a midnight rambler. Active throughout the night till daddy went to work, then sleep much of the day till I stumbled home. Coffee and a series of combat naps were my survival kit.

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Ugh. At least our little one slept in blocks of 3 hours, night and day. Sleep, wake up, diaper, eat, sleep etc. It slowly went to 4, than 5 hours of sleep, while slowly managing not to fall asleep right after his milk. Then a long while between 5 and 6 hours of sleep. And now he sleeps through the night (did wake up at 5 a.m. again, Friday night; can't expect him to already sleep through every single night).

It's amazing how much such a little one changes in such a short amount of time. It goes fast. Allthough I'm happy he now sleeps through the night, I sometimes wished it all wouldn't go that fast.

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Originally Posted by Populus Romanus

Wait a decade and you will have the exact opposite problem. My parents practically have to drag me out of bed in the morning.

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Most likely :laugh4:

And within two decades we'll have sleepness nights again, while the little one is making fun, chasing skirts and getting drunk.

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Originally Posted by Fragony

Toet -> Grand Manier

Grandma's method

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That's what my grandparents did as well, but with Jenever :laugh4:

Nowadays, they call that child abuse...