As I've said before, Madeline is a great baby. She does allow me to get sleep. However, the last two nights have been difficult. She's still going straight to sleep after eating, but then she wakes up again in 2 (rarely 2.5) hours. Sometimes it is because she's hungry. Other times it is because she's fussing while making a dirty diaper. I am able to feed, burp, and change Madeline in less than 30 minutes, unless she pees on her clothes... which she did twice last night (that doesn't add that much time though). But, that only leaves 1.5 hours for sleeping, assuming Hadley doesn't wake me up during that time.
So, my goal is to figure out how to increase Madeline's sleeping time at night. I do let her fuss a little bit when I think it hasn't been long enough between feedings, but not too much because I don't want Hadley to wake up. Plus, I am trying to anticipate Madeline's needs so Chris's sleep is disturbed as little as possible. Most days I'm able to catch a nap during the day (which makes a WORLD of difference), but Chris can't do that because of work and/or he's not a daytime napper.
Maybe tonight will be our lucky night! I know Madeline can sleep for 4+ hour stretches as she has done so before. She will figure it out soon. As for me, this is why I'm on maternity leave! I can only image the quality of work I could produce on this crazy sleep pattern.
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