TravelingGal
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Welcome DD and congrats!!
Jas, Amelia is like Co...she doesn''t cry in the middle of the night. Just some whimpers. That''s why the screaming was such a shock!
I''m weaning Amelia off the miracle blanket. First day was yesterday. Basically I am leaving one arm out. Naps were fine, but she woke up earlier than usual at night...at midnight. I put the pacifier back in her mouth and she went back down for another hour. Then same thing. At 2:30, she had busted out completely and couldn''t go back to sleep with both arms flailing so I knew it was time to feed and re-swaddle. The second half of the night I put her in full swaddle and she stayed asleep until 8am.
It''s kinda scary to try to wean her off (I''m going to wean her off her pacifier in another month or so after this experiment) but I can''t have her rely on the swaddle because...well, she''s gonna get too big for it! I don''t think there are sizes for it...just one size. It''s actually so funny...I just went up to check up on her and she was awake and her fist was on her nose and she was all cross eyed looking at it...it''s going to be fun trying to get her to sleep with both her arms out...such a distraction!!
Re: sleeping through the night...Jas, Co is technically doing just that. Sleeping through the night is defined by a 5 hour stretch of straight sleep. So if you put the baby down at 7pm and the baby goes until midnight, it counts as sleeping through the night. As for Amelia, as you know, she''s a champion sleeper (and thus sucky at motor skills, which you kind of need to be awake for!). She goes down at 7pm and usually wakes up somewhere between 2 am to 4 am, with the average being 3 am. Then she''s down until 7:30 or 8 in the morning (and interestingly, it does not matter what time in the middle of the night she wakes...she always sleeps until at least 7:30 and not much later). She has a very consistent nap schedule, which I think it a bit unusual for her age...about a 1 hour to 1.5 hour nap from 9:30 to 10:30/11, a two hour nap starting at about 12:30/1, and a shorter later afternoon nap at about 4:30 which is 45 minute to an hour on the long side.
Because she sleeps so much, I spend every waking minute with her doing some form of therapy/exercise. This is partly mandated by her physical therapist and partly because I figure, how can she figure out things like rolling over if she''s always in a swing or sleeping? Her tummy time has gotten way better, but she still doesn''t roll well from side to side...so she''s pretty delayed on that one.
All in all, she is a happy baby. Who, speak of the devil is getting a bit squawky so I''d better go get her! More later...
Jas, Amelia is like Co...she doesn''t cry in the middle of the night. Just some whimpers. That''s why the screaming was such a shock!
I''m weaning Amelia off the miracle blanket. First day was yesterday. Basically I am leaving one arm out. Naps were fine, but she woke up earlier than usual at night...at midnight. I put the pacifier back in her mouth and she went back down for another hour. Then same thing. At 2:30, she had busted out completely and couldn''t go back to sleep with both arms flailing so I knew it was time to feed and re-swaddle. The second half of the night I put her in full swaddle and she stayed asleep until 8am.
It''s kinda scary to try to wean her off (I''m going to wean her off her pacifier in another month or so after this experiment) but I can''t have her rely on the swaddle because...well, she''s gonna get too big for it! I don''t think there are sizes for it...just one size. It''s actually so funny...I just went up to check up on her and she was awake and her fist was on her nose and she was all cross eyed looking at it...it''s going to be fun trying to get her to sleep with both her arms out...such a distraction!!
Re: sleeping through the night...Jas, Co is technically doing just that. Sleeping through the night is defined by a 5 hour stretch of straight sleep. So if you put the baby down at 7pm and the baby goes until midnight, it counts as sleeping through the night. As for Amelia, as you know, she''s a champion sleeper (and thus sucky at motor skills, which you kind of need to be awake for!). She goes down at 7pm and usually wakes up somewhere between 2 am to 4 am, with the average being 3 am. Then she''s down until 7:30 or 8 in the morning (and interestingly, it does not matter what time in the middle of the night she wakes...she always sleeps until at least 7:30 and not much later). She has a very consistent nap schedule, which I think it a bit unusual for her age...about a 1 hour to 1.5 hour nap from 9:30 to 10:30/11, a two hour nap starting at about 12:30/1, and a shorter later afternoon nap at about 4:30 which is 45 minute to an hour on the long side.
Because she sleeps so much, I spend every waking minute with her doing some form of therapy/exercise. This is partly mandated by her physical therapist and partly because I figure, how can she figure out things like rolling over if she''s always in a swing or sleeping? Her tummy time has gotten way better, but she still doesn''t roll well from side to side...so she''s pretty delayed on that one.
All in all, she is a happy baby. Who, speak of the devil is getting a bit squawky so I''d better go get her! More later...