I just have to keep telling myself, there is no finish line when it comes to kids and sleep. Just because they were sleeping through the night, doesn't mean it will keep happening.
Malia is slipping into some bad sleep habits and I just had to tell myself last night that I wasn't going to get up. Her wake up time has steadily been getting earlier and earlier. She was waking up around 7:00 (this may have been due to the time change),
to waking up between 6:00-6:30 (and then sometimes going back to sleep after nursing), to 5:00 (and then going back to sleep until 6:30 or 7:00 after nursing) to last night, waking up at 3:30 am. That is where I draw the line. I let her fuss, and she did, for about an hour before putting herself back to sleep. When Malia fusses at night, she doesn't continually scream or cry for an hour straight. She cries out, then right when I am starting to fall back asleep, she cries out again. This goes on for about an hour and then she stopped for good. She was up again at 5:45, I got up, nursed her and she slept until around 7:15.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a good night sleep tonight.
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