Kristen- is willa sleeping better yet?

[mwelsh214]

Hey Kristen, just checking in on your sleep- are you getting more of it lately???

~mari

[kristenp5]

Thanks for thinking of me!     To answer your question, nope, Juney is still up 5-9 times at night.  Her longest stretch is 2.5 hours and that is pretty unusual.  Last night she was up every 45 min. to 1.5 hours.  But I've just accepted that this is who she is and after that  I started to feel better about the situation.  I figure she'll either someday sleep through the night or get old enough to entertain herself during the night...I wonder which will happen first!

How is Mohamed sleeping?

[mwelsh214]

Well, since i'm at work during the day and he doesn't like his bottles, he pretty much choses to eat when i'm home...and doesn't want to stop until i leave....so he has been going to bed later and waking up later so he has more mommy time. And to be honest, i'm not really sure how often he wakes to eat at night because most of the time i don't wake up (shame on me i know!) but he lays across my stomach and helps himself and sometimes he rolls back off of me to sleep and sometimes he just lays there and comfort sucks for quite some time. He only really wakes me up about twice now, usually at 2:30 to help him sit up and play for a minute, and at 5:30 when the alarm goes off...

I was hoping you'd say she grew out of it, i'm sorry you couldn't say it! Do you think maybe she smells you near her? that must be it, she knows you are there and loves you so much she just needs to spend time with you!!!! now i'm jealous...

[kristenp5]

I wish Juney could help herself, but I leak so much that a nursing bra is an absolute necessity.  I leaked the whole 22 months I nursed my first so I don't think that's going to change.  We've also been having problems with ear infections and her doctor recommended I don't feed her lying down.  Apparently, the milk from pooling in the back of her throat may be contributing to the problem.