Last nights schedule:
6 pm - 6 oz bottle
7:45 - 1 container of chicken with rice nutritious dinner with some added rice cereal
8:20 - she started getting fussy so I layed her in her bed and she fell asleep right away
(now, normally she has a bottle before she goes to bed, so I knew she wouldn't sleep long, but I also didn't want her to be overtired. That right there could be all the problems in her sleep habits.)
10:20 - she woke up (I knew she would before midnight, and glad she did). I gave her a 6 oz bottle right away because I wanted her to have that last bottle
2:50 am - she woke up. I let her fuss for 20 minutes.
(I thought she was calming down, but every time she'd slow down her scream, it would just get louder, so...)
3:10 - I gave her a 2 oz bottle and changed her diaper
(she was NOT happy when that bottle was gone so quick, but I gave her a paci (the green one from the hospital) and she went back to sleep)
6:20 - she woke up. I'm not sure what I was to do this time. I ended up giving her a bottle right away (she only drank 5 oz). I figured it was 6 am and if she wanted to be up for the day, that was okay. Well after the bottle, she went back to sleep.
Now, I know we still have some work, but I feel this is huge progress. It was so nice to have the bed to myself. I had her monitor RIGHT next to me on low. I didn't want to hear every little thing she was doing, I just wanted to hear when she was upset.
I have to figure a way to give her the nighttime bottle before falling asleep. But I also don't want to give it too early that she only drinks 2 oz's of it. I need her to have a full feeding before bed in order for her to STTN.
Yah for 6 hours of sleep for me! Now, hopefully next week those 6 hours will be all at once!
Have a great day!
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