Here is an example of our schedule:
5:30 - Dinner
6:30 - Baths
6:45 - 7:15 - Books & Emma to bed in her room
7:15 - 7:45 - Books & Lexie to Bedin her room
9:00 - 9:10 - Emma's 1st wake, Christy or Matt goes to soothe her
10:30 - Matt to bed
11:00 - 11:10 - Emma 2nd waking, Christy to sooth her
11:10 - Christy to bed
1:30 -2:00 am Emma 3rd waking - Matt grabs Emma from her bed and puts her on the floor next to Christys side of the bed (on a crib mattress). Christy gives Emma a bottle.
3:30 - 3:40 am - Emma's 4th wake up - Christy soothes her (without getting out of my bed, yea!)
5:45 am - 6:00 am - Emma's 5th wake up (for the day) - Matt gets up with her
7:00 am - Christy & Lexie are up
So you can see, its not perfect but it works for us. My DH is amazing too btw. He is such a trooper and has taken the brunt of 'figuring out' this night time schedule (I am horrible with lack of sleep). I couldn't have done this with anyone else.
Anyway, we had finally 'accepted' the night time schedule and then our world was rocked last night. I am having a hard time not tearing up just writing it.
she
slept
through
the
night
To be clear here...this is not a sleep through the night via the 'six hour' clause many books reference. I mean we put her to bed at 7 pm last night in her own bed and she didn't wake up out of her own bed until 5:45 am. Note - there was no hint this was going to happen. No lead up to this. The example of getting up 5 times has occurred most nights since we have been home, including the night before last.
I am not sure why on 2/25/2012 it happened. I am calling it a huge gift from God. A 'wink' from God to tell us that we can do this and things WILL get better.
Of course, Lexie was up last night from 2:30 - 3:30 but that is just par for the course of being parents of two, right?! :-)
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For those of you asking for pictures, here you go!!
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| Emma on the ice in MN (Matt was so excited b/c the public park near my sisters house had this awesome rink!) |
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| Lexie using her skates from Santa! |
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| Daddy teaching Lexie to skate |
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| Family Picture (Skating is hard work - hence the crying from Lexie) |
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| Mary, Lexie, Emma, and George the next am (Cousins) |
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| Playdate with our friends the Clarks (Emma loved this box, she thought it was the best 'toy' in the house) |
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| Lexie & Devin (Cousin) at the pool (hint - this is what we do to get Lexie out of the house while Emma is napping in the afternoon!) |
Next week we are off to Florida & Disney so should have some adorable pictures of the girls from there!!
7 comments:
Lol at the box, Frances will play in a box for hours while all of her toys go ignore...love all of the new pics and yay for sleeping through the night!!!
That's wonderful! I love your positive attitudes towards everything as well. :)
Bless your hearts! That's so tough. I remember those days very well! But you are right, it will get better. It's just while you are walking through it, it's so very hard! I'm sure you are doing a great job though! :) She looks positively precious. So surreal to see you all home...I know it's been weeks! But still, I just love hearing about your adventures as a family of four!
Through the night already?>????? That is just amazing!!! I am soooo happy for you!! I cant imagine so quickly-- I hope we get the same when we finally get Emery but wow-- holy cow! You need to celebrate. Now, remember she might regress a tiny bit but know she will get it back. So happy for you!
Christy :)
Yippee!!! So happy for you guys! Hope you have an awesome time in sunny Florida! T + P + E
It WILL get better. The sleep thing with kids newly home can be SO hard. Hang in there - and don't be afraid to ask people for help when you can!
Kelly
Hooray!!
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