tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864959614160326966.post165692977271786622..comments2023-04-13T09:11:44.191-04:00Comments on My Lil' Patch o' Internet: Square OneKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684568964922582035noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864959614160326966.post-84035232664878969572010-05-07T13:26:58.191-04:002010-05-07T13:26:58.191-04:00Aw my poor babies! Both the actual babies and my f...Aw my poor babies! Both the actual babies and my friends! I can't wait to have my own misery and you two can laugh at me and say "SUCK IT UP - you will miss this time when he/she's 3, 4, 5" or whatever :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261577883948556041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864959614160326966.post-51554181855612487652010-05-06T20:42:09.215-04:002010-05-06T20:42:09.215-04:00Actually your wanting what I did-- him to grow up ...Actually your wanting what I did-- him to grow up so you can sleep. Unfortunately he does not have the neurological capacity to "sooth" himself to sleep until 4-6 months (more closer to 6). Nora is just now starting to be able to at 5 months. Basically around three months his night sleep should get better. According to my pediatrician and many sleep books (I became obsessed with sleep) at his age the longest period he can go without eating in a 24 hour period is 4 hours. Then around 3-4 months it's 6 hours. So my pediatrician told me to make sure I'm waking her up every 2-3 hours during the day so she gave me my 4 hours of straight sleep at night. It may b a little different for bottle fed babies though. Then by 5 months it's 8 hours then at 6 months they are supposed to be able to sleep 12 hours without being fed. Between 11-16 weeks Nora gave me 10-11 hours straight. Then at 16 weeks. She started waking up once during the night for one feeding mostly because my milk wasn't lasting as long for her. Now she goes to bed around 7-8 sleeps around 8-9 hours wakes up to eat then back to sleep til 7-8. At six months (hopefully by then she'll be more into solids) I'm planning on cutting out the middle of the night feeding. Also if she woke up too soon in the night before 6-8 hours we just give her the pacifier and she goes back to sleep. Dont worry it'll happen when you least expect it and faster than you think. Just get through the next month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com