Apparently, my son was hungry. I took him back to the pediatrician yesterday morning, in desperate need of some advice, and I came away encouraged and with a plan of attack. I do love our pediatrician!<\/p>\n
He said it was absolutely legitimate to expect at least 4-6 hours of sleep from the babies at this stage, and it wasn’t out of the question to work up to 10-12 in the near future. Of course, since we’re starting from 2-3 hours, we won’t get that far immediately. But it’s a goal!<\/p>\n
Anyway, he recommended a checklist of sorts to figure out exactly what to do for him through the night. He said we probably needed to start Alex on cereal, from a spoon. Then if he woke up, we would know it was gas or reflux or habit and could deal with his awakening with the appropriate treatment (in that order).<\/p>\n
So last night, after baths and a quick nap, I fed both babies, and then Eric fed Alex rice cereal for the first time. <\/p>\n
And it worked!!!<\/p>\n
First of all…he loved it. LOVED it! He was sucking it off the spoon. (I did take some pictures, but they’re on Eric’s camera, so it’ll be a while before I can post them.) He ate about a tablespoon, I think, before acting done. And then he was jolly. He was so happy…it was great!<\/p>\n
Then we laid them down for bed. And they slept. I got 3 four-hour stretches last night! We went from 9:30 to 1:30, then to 5:30, and now I’m just hearing babies again! <\/p>\n
I think we might have crested this particular mountain. So thank you for all your encouragement and prayers. And most of all…Praise Jesus!!<\/p>\n
Happy Tuesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apparently, my son was hungry. I took him back to the pediatrician yesterday morning, in desperate need of some advice, and I came away encouraged and with a plan of attack. I do love our pediatrician! He said it was … Continue reading