Yesterday, Nathan forgot how to nap. He had a rough night with Meredith Friday night, got up with me about 6:30 AM Saturday, and then hardly slept the rest of the day. He fell asleep for long enough for us to eat brunch at Hobee’s, but that was basically it. He would fall asleep occasionally, then after about three or four minutes, startle himself back awake. By the end of the day, he was GRUMPY.
But the end of the day came for him at 9:30 when he finally fell asleep. And he stayed asleep – until 5:30 AM. That’s right, he slept eight hours, thus besting his previous record by two full hours.
So far today, he’s doing a lot better, although I’m still feeling worn out. So much so, that I think Nathan and I are going to take a walk downtown and get a lovely coffee beverage for me.
Posted by Mike at March 13, 2005 01:42 PMHeh. Get used to the hiccups in Nathan's sleep-pattern-evolution. Hopefully the all-night thing will stick!
He's what? About 3 months now? AJ was always a champion sleeper, but right before 3 months she locked into a solid 7-9 hour stretch of uninterrupted sleep every night. (We never really talked about it to other parents, lest we sound like we were bragging. No one else seemed to share our luck in the baby-sleep department, so we avoided the topic in case we jinxed something for ourselves.) Her daytime naps scooted around a bit to compensate, but after a couple weeks she established some new patterns the whole family enjoyed.
Colds and viruses seem to be the only thing that throws her sleep patterns all out of whack. She's had 2 viruses in 3 months. The latest one she's just getting over, but it requires a 2-4am wake up with a 4oz 'snack' to get back to sleep. Luckily for me, Dad has been taking care of the early morning wake-up calls. ;>
Posted by: beca on March 14, 2005 07:35 AM