Caroline decided to celebrate being 5 weeks old today by sleeping for 6 hours and 45 minutes last night! That's right! Almost 7 hours straight! Then she woke up to eat, but only ate for 5 minutes and went right back to bed. I can't believe it! I am so happy and excited, and rested, that I got up after she ate (6:40) and cleaned the bathroom and started some laundry! She really is such a good baby! She eats well, her digestive system really works, she's sweet, cuddly, and so cute! She always sleeps in her car seat or stroller, and now sleeps through the night, in her own bed! I am knocking on wood when I write this because just watch, this sleep thing will be a fluke and tomorrow it will be only 3 hour increments. But I don't think that's the case because this past week she's been steadily sleeping longer and longer. Two nights ago it was 5 hours, then eating, then 4 hours. But she is the best baby around!
Yesterday was Eli's day off. We went to lunch together. Then we tried to take a nap together, but it didn't work so well. First of all, Caroline wasn't tired. So, Eli fell asleep first, and slept for about 1/2 an hour before I got Caroline asleep. She slept for an hour on me, then I put her in her bed and she woke up. So Eli took her. I fell asleep and Eli let me sleep for 3 hours! I couldn't believe it. And I didn't want to waste time on his day off sleeping! But maybe that's why I'm so energetic this morning. Eli's back to work today and we miss him. But he had fun holding his baby so much yesterday. And I think he's happier than anyone that she's sleeping longer now. He does not do well when he doesn't get good sleep.
We'll see how long she sleeps now. I'm guessing until at least nine. That would be sleeping from 11:30 p.m. to 9 a.m. with only a ten minute interlude of diaper change, feeding, and burping. She is the wonder baby!
4 comments:
Well that is awesome that she sleeps so much!! I hope it's not a fluke for your sake :)
I hope this isn't the case with Liney, but with Lily she would learn to sleep well for a while. Then, she would learn something new like sitting up, and instead of going back to sleep she would just sit up and cry. I probably just jinxed it.
She sounds just like how Milo was...We lucked out on our first babies :)
Oliver was pretty good, too- I just wanted to hold him more because I knew how fast the time went by with the second one, so he was a little more spoiled...but once he found his thumb, there was no stopping his naps!!
Can't wait to meet your wonder baby!
It was cool meeting up with all you guys and your babies! Crazy to see how much 6 weeks makes a difference. In 6 weeks maybe Caroline will cry non-stop and run marathons without getting anywhere.(pray that your baby continues to take naps!)
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