Lex has been waking up more and more often
at night the past few weeks. We are up to 3 times a night
again. So Alan and I decided we need to get tough again. Last
night I put a heavy dark curtain over his window (thinking
maybe the cars or lights or earlier sunrise is waking him) and
I changed his diaper during the night (lately he’s been waking
up with a very wet diaper – time to buy the overnight variety).
Soo… we put him to bed at 8pm last night. His first wake-up
was 4:30 (lately it’s been 12:30 so we’re off to a good start
already!). I changed his diaper and put him back down. He
fussed a bit (11 minutes) but then fell asleep. He woke up
again at 5:30 acting very hungry so I brought him into the bed
to nurse. He nursed very well and we both fell asleep again. At
7:05am Alan says to me “Did you shut off the alarm?” which is
normally set for 6:30am. I say “no”… hmmm…. Lex, meanwhile,
continues to sleep in my arm. We checked the alarm and found
that it’s actually set for 6:30pm! I found that hysterical
because it hightlights how long its been since we actually woke
up to the alarm! Normally we set it at night and shut it off at
5:30 or 6:00am when we get up with Lex. So we overslept this
morning and I was late(ish) for work – but it was
fabulous!