Major Milestone: Sleeping Through the Night!

Abraham, the wonder baby, has slept from roughly 9:30 pm to at least 5 am for the last three nights! I seriously cannot believe it. Mind you this was without any cajoling and the manipulative techniques that typically have to be employed such as co-sleeping, pacifiers, etc. The kid has simply been put in his bassinet, fallen asleep and not made a peep until dawn.

Winston has also been making major improvement. On the first night that Abraham slept through, Winston woke up around 1:30 and I was able to give him his pacifier and he fell back asleep until 5 am. Awesome. The next night he woke up twice to nurse. The normal routine. Then last night he woke up 5.5 hours after he went to bed, I nursed him and he promptly fell back to sleep. The amazing thing is that Abraham would most likely be sleeping even longer except Winston wakes up and makes a ruckus.

Previously I had mentioned how Abraham had developed quite the little temper. He would go from dead sleep to screaming like a banshee. At first, it scared me because I thought something was wrong but it was simply his way of saying "I am awake and hungry...right now!" He would wake up Winston and it was really frustrating. These babies never cease to surprise with their flip flopping tendencies. Now Abraham is the much better sleeper and Winston is waking him up. In a true change of character, Abraham is also waking up cooing and happy rather than playing the usual role of "Grumpy McGrumpster."

It's such a blessing that these boys have been putting themselves into their own pattern. They want to be asleep by 9:00. They start getting really cranky otherwise. They also don't cry for the most part when we put them down. They will talk to themselves for a while, suck their hands (new development, maybe teething or self-comforting?) and then be sound asleep. Providing some set routines has really seemed to help these babies and they now know what to expect e.g. once they get their bath they go to bed. Maybe reading that baby book on sleeping habits wasn't a waste of time after all! I don't know it was really anything that we did however. We have provided some structure and we were blessed the boys adapted to it. I am grateful because having A&W sleeping better has provided some much needed invigoration. I was feeling burnt out and it feels good to make some progress. Happier mama and happier, well-rested babies.







The little bean sprouts in their Arm's Reach Co-Sleepers that we use as bassinets. Here they are awake after a morning feeding and mama wanted to go back to sleep for a while.

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