two-hour naps?!

A high school friend of mine (who also happens to be the mother of one of the girls Cooper has play dates with) posted a blog about how they are getting their groove back.


After reading it I realized we too have been out of our groove.


So one of the things the ENT suggested was that Cooper should be sleeping on a flat crib mattress (from our hospital stay in November up until the ENT visit, Coop had been sleeping at a 45 degree angle).


Well, we have gotten used to our sleep. It is very rare that Cooper wakes up in the middle night for anything and has been this way since we got over that awful respiratory virus. He has been known to wake up for a bottle, but usually just when he is trying to tell us he would like another solid meal during the day. So you can understand my hesitation to make ANY sleeping arrangement changes.


So we decided with this weekend being mellow (which I use VERY loosely, our mellow is WAY busier than the average mellow) we decided if we were going to need to break him of his inclined sleeping position (especially if it was to provide better sleep for him) that the sooner we do it the better.


Easier said than done. Friday night he was up about every 2 hours. I don't know if it was because he was confused with the now in plain sight crib bumpers, the abundant amount of space or the free range of movement but he was up all night. It seemed like every natural jerk or dream had him screaming.


Saturday was not much easier, but thankfully Rick took most of it realizing how absolutely exhausted I was from the night before. 


I know, I know... with a baby, you get used to not having sleep. I was used to it. When he wasn't sleeping. But then one gets used to getting sleep again and it is hard to go back to the sleep deprivation.


And then Sunday night came.


Cooper woke up once. ONCE. Which consisted of Mommy walking into the room, realizing he was half asleep and too tired to roll to his belly. I flipped him the rest of the way over. He passed out. Until 5:30am (his usual time)!


I think I checked the monitor 4890824932 times to make sure he was breathing.


Next up- the pacifier (that thankfully is only an aide to falling asleep and nothing else. Might as well knock that out too right?)


One can only hope tonight goes as well. Because I am sure not ready to go back to 2 hour naps during the night.