Quick Sleep Update

In the continuing saga of the Princess that doesn’t like to sleep, C went to sleep fine last night, but woke at 11 pm and did not want to go back to sleep. I nursed her (since it had been about 5 hours since her last feeding), put her back in her crib and she fussed for about an hour. Not screaming, just fussing. Then she woke up again around 2:30.

Today she was cranky all day - moaning and fussing. Took 3 short naps, but was still really fussy. I put her to bed around 5:30. It’s now 8:30 and she’s awake.

It’s been three days that I’ve been trying to get her to sleep without nursing and stay asleep longer at night. This is typically when I lose my resolve. I give up quickly when something doesn’t work fast enough. I rationalize - maybe she’s getting a tooth? I am exhausted and it’s very tempting to go up now and nurse her back to sleep. But I won’t. I am on my way up to comfort her - although I don’t think it will comfort her at all. She’ll just be mad that I’m not nursing her. {Sigh.}

I will be blogging about more than my daughter’s sleep issues. Soon. I promise.