A Few Months Later...

I had a little chuckle as I read my Charlotte is a Sleeper post from a few months ago. My how things can change so quickly when you have a baby. I think it is humorous that just as you start to feel like you have a good thing going, they (they being the babies) throw you a curve ball. Perhaps it is just their way of keeping us on our toes, from getting too comfortable and from feeling like we have some semblance of a routine and order.

About 2 months ago everything went down the tubes as far as Charlotte's sleeping goes (well, I shouldn't say it all went down the tubes because she was still sleeping well during the day). She suddenly started waking more often in the night (like every 2-3 hours). Gone were the days when I would get three solid stretches out of her and gone were the days when I woke up feeling rested!

For the past two months, I have been blaming/hoping it was teething. If it was teething, my thought was that she would start sleeping well again once it/they came through the gum. Alas, teeth have yet to appear and it is getting harder to convince myself that teething is causing the frequent night wakings.

It has been two and a half years since we were in this place with Lilah. Most of her early milestones seem like they happened a lifetime ago, but the sleep deprivation seems like it was just yesterday.

If I include the sleep deprivation I experienced while pregnant with Lilah, I have now been sleep deprived for over 3 years. I suppose a few more months isn't going kill me (because Charlotte WILL be sleeping through the night LONG before she turns a year old...stay tuned for the post I write next March complaining that she isn't.). The best laid plans...

*On the bright side...Charlotte does go to sleep every night by 7pm so we at least still have that piece in place!

*In addition we have been working really hard on teaching her to fall asleep on her own in her crib and the hope is that it will help her be able to put herself to sleep at night when she wakes. It actually happened last night so I am very hopeful. More to come on this soon!