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I AM SO HAPPY!Guess what?????Last night.... I GOT TO SLEEP THROUGH THE ENTIRE NIGHT! And do you know what is even better? I WASN'T WOKEN UP BEFORE DAWN EITHER! No, we didn't adopt the kids out :) We did make some changes. I'm currently in the process of weaning Jaidyn, for one. Then we moved Jasmine back into Savannah's room (at her suggestion) and gave Jaidyn her room. So now Jaidyn sleeps in a sleepout just outside our bedroom door. Just so you know, we've never bought a rail or anything when our kids move into a big bed for the first time. We simply pull down the bedframe and make up the mattress on the floor. Yes, we're weird, but it saves money, works fine, and the kids love it. So anyway, Jaidyn slept through the night, and when he woke up in the morning, instead of being bored and demanding attention he simply got up and played with some toys in his room happily. Now if you're wondering why this is such a huge thing to me: We've been married for six years. We have three kids five and under. I have spent the last six years either pregnant or breastfeeding - and getting up through the night regardless. Now this is a sacrifice I'm willing to make. I do know about the child rearing philosophy that says you should just refuse to feed a baby in the night. As far as I'm concerned that's neglect - with a newborn at least. If you don't want to have your sleep disrupted, don't have kids. Yes my kids shouldn't have been waking up in the night for as long as they have, but I honestly believe that's because of my caffeine addiction, which is not their fault, which I think is evidenced by the fact that they miraculously sleep through the very night that they get weaned. I did actually manage to go through the withdrawal process and give up caffeine at one point since I've had Jaidyn, but then Ken brought some Coke home and that was that. ((N.B. Please, please, don't let your kids have caffeine. PLEASE! Not in soft drinks, not in coffee. If they're older teens or adults, they can make that decision for themselves, but please keep your children safe! My parents were caffeine addicts and when I was a kid they let me make coffees for them... when I was about ten I just started making one for me too. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to have coffee. They didn't know until I was addicted, so they just let me have one cup a day. PLEASE don't let them start in the first place!)) But Jaidyn may be my last baby, so I've been putting off the weaning process even though I'm tired. It's hard being tired for so long, but I only have babies for a relatively small time of my life, so it's worth it. But that doesn't mean I can't rejoice when I get sleep, blessed sleep! LOL! I mean, I got to sleep through the night, I got to sleep in till 7:30 (without kicking Ken out of bed with the kids) and for once I woke up well-rested and feeling like singing. Yay! So yeah, in case you haven't worked it out, I don't want comments about how you got your six week old to sleep through the night. If you did, I feel sorry for her. I'm happy today, rejoice with me or keep your mouth shut! YAY! Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 133 of 235 } { Next Page } |
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