More sleep saga

(see earlier posting for the start of this whole mess)

Stage Seven:
Mini-Me goes back to gradually waking more and more often, until we are back to feeding 2-3 times a night and having a few crying sessions that last 10-60 minutes. We stay at a hotel in Boston and everyone sleeps poorly for three days. Something must be done.

Stage Eight:
Pediatrician insists that Mini-Me is both old enough and big enough to sleep safely through the night without being damaged. Advises me to turn off the baby monitor and don't go in at all between bedtime and 7 AM. Dr. S says the baby will be ravenous for the first few days as her metabolism adjusts so be prepared to feed her more in the first few hours of the day and watch for nap patterns shifting. I consult my therapist about my trepidation and we agree that I have tried everything else and I need to be getting more sleep if I am to be a competent caretaker.

So we tried it last night for the first time. My husband and I woke up at 4:25 this morning to the dulcet tones of her screaming and fussing. She got quiet and presumably fell asleep around 5:10. Will go in to get her at 7:00 as planned. No idea whether she was awake earlier in the night, which was kind of the point. And I got six hours of sleep! All at once!