We had our first rough night last night with Hadley. Our first night at home was fabulous. Hadley ate every 2-3 hours and when we swaddled her and put her down after her 10:30pm feeding, she looked so snuggled and comfy and she fell right asleep. At about 2:00am, I woke up feeling like it was time for her to eat, but she still looked pretty comfy and cozy in la-la-land. I waited until 2:30am and I ended up waking her up myself to eat. After that, we swaddled her again and she went right back down. At about 4:30am she woke up, not crying, just fussing and rooting, so I fed her again and again, she went right back down. She woke up again at about 7:00am. Not too shabby a night!
But then last night, she was hungry and not ready for sleep! She ate every hour and when we would swaddle her and put her to sleep, she was fussing and acting hungry again. So, from about 11:00pm until 5:00am, the cycle went like this: feed her for 30 minutes, burp her, change her, swaddle her/rock her to sleep, lay her down, 5 minutes later start all over again!
It wasn't exactly pleasant, and I'm nervous about the nights that Andrew won't be getting up with me because he's working, but it wasn't the worst thing in the world. I had a nice nap this morning thanks to my husband. And seriously, this baby can do no wrong in my eyes. So, we're dealing with the cluster feedings and hoping she'll do those more during the day than during the night. And hopefully mama can get some good rest!
Avery, however, slept right next to our bed on the floor practically the entire night, until about 4:30am when she woke up and came out into the living room where I was watching TV and curled up next to me. Oh, the first night we were home, Avery got up during Hadley's first feeding and came in our room. She was pretty upset she had to go back to her room while Hadley got to sleep in her bassinet next to us, so in order to stave off some jealousy she may have with the new baby, we set up a pallet on the ground next to our bed. She can sleep there any time she wants while Hadley is in our room. Andrew isn't too thrilled about it, but I feel she isn't the best sleeper anyway and this is the easiest way to give Avery a feeling that she's involved also.
So, I hope all this works out and we end up with 2 amazingly great sleepers fairly soon. :)
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