Two weeks ago yesterday I posted Laurel's top three stretches of unbroken night-time sleep: seven hours, seven hours, and eight hours 40 minutes. She was sleeping through the night at two months old! Isaac didn't manage this feat until he was almost two years old! I was amazed and astounded!
The very next day I had to post an amendment, as she slept for eight hours 45 minutes straight and broke the top record again.
By now, however, none of those previously amazing and astounding times come close to qualifying as her best, and in fact if she slept a stretch of only seven hours I would be disappointed. Here's what she's been doing lately:
- Longest single sleep
- 9 h 50 min 11:00 pm to 8:50 am on Thursday, Mar 26th (1 day ago) view
- 9 h 40 min 11:30 pm to 9:10 am on Friday, Mar 27th (5 h 32 min ago) view
- 9 hours 12:00 am to 9:00 am on Saturday, Mar 21st (6 days ago) view
Can the good times possibly last? Her routine seems dependable so far, but babies are always changing. She'll start getting teeth in a few months, and that could complicate things. Then there's rolling and sitting and separation anxiety and crawling and pulling up and talking and walking ...
Well, I'll be grateful for a good night's sleep while I can get it. And I am grateful -- very, very grateful. Some afternoons I don't even need to nap, I'm so well-rested!
Speaking of being well-rested, did you notice what other wonderful thing has been happening? She's been going to sleep an hour or two earlier, something I appreciate.
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Why doesn't she wake up to nurse at night? Heck, I don't know. If I did know, I'd write a how-to book. But let me point out that Laurel is exclusively breast-fed and that she nurses on demand. I haven't done anything to discourage her night-time nursing, nor have I tried to train her to stretch out the time between feedings. In fact, when she's awake she often nurses every hour. Oh, I'm so very glad she doesn't do that at night too!
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