Oh happy day! - H

Baby finally slept through the night for the first time last night. I'm talking about straight through the night from 8PM to 8AM. What a relief! The last couple of weeks have been rough b/c she'd been waking up every hour for the first 4 hours and then every 3 hours during the early morning hours. The doc said I should just let her cry it out when she wakes up b/c she doesn't need to eat at night, metabolically. The other thing I found was that when she misses her naps and gets really tired, she doesn't sleep well at night. That's probably what happened over the holidays. I'm not really that good about protecting her sleep when I'm out and about, but I guess I should be a little better about it. She didn't really cry much though. She got some shots yesterday so I'm wondering if she was just knocked out b/c her immune system was attacking the vaccines. Every so often, we'd hear a singular cry in the night as she floated in and out of sleep, but she slept and didn't wake up. Thank goodness!

The other thing I'm happy about is that she likes eating. Today, I made some oatmeal and mashed some avocado. She liked it! Sometimes she'd even lunge forward as she gaped for the spoon, and other times she'd grab the spoon and put it in her mouth. We're up to 2 meals a day, now. She's well on her way to becoming an independent little girl. (sigh)