For my newest followers, I wrote about our co-sleeping situation
here. Well it's been almost a year and a half later and our Little Miss has
finally transitioned out of our bed. A much needed step since now our queen size bed was too darn small. Many nights consisted of either one of us getting kicked or punched in the middle of the night. Let's just say there were a lot of sleepless nights for Mommy once Little Miss got bigger. She has become such a mover. Kind of reminds me of how my brother was when he was little. Lay him one way and by morning he was the opposite way. Unfortunately, she hasn't moved to her room just yet. Instead she has moved to her bed in our room. Although it is not my ideal situation, I have to admit that right now it is working for us. Once we finish her room and she better understands what is going on, she will be in her room.
The first day we had her sleep in her bed, she really didn't even try to "escape". She slept all night in her bed with only falling out once. Because she is a mover in her sleep, we made sure her bed was surrounded by pillows which is what she fell on. Ever since the first night, she has had no problems sleeping on her bed. Parts of her body have occasionally slide off her bed but she either readjusts herself or I help her but that has been maybe once a night.
Surprisingly, the first night was more hard for me then for Little Miss. I absolutely could not sleep. I kept checking on her every hour to make sure she was on her bed safe and sound. Of course the minute I fell asleep is when she fell out, so that prevented me from sleeping at all. But with each passing day, she has slept better and so have I. I don't think it has made a difference for the hubs. He has slept soundly every day just as I had expected he would. Go figure!
In addition to transitioning Little Miss to her bed, we have also stopped giving her milk throughout the night, cold turkey. In the beginning of her infancy, this little one never ate enough during the day, so as a result at night she would drink a lot of milk and wake up many times throughout the night. Poor girl was hungry which is what the doctor had recognized. At some point she would drink in excess of 9 oz of milk every couple of hours. Now that she is nearing the potty training age and showing signs of interest, we knew we were going to have to cut it out especially now it seemed more of a habit than hunger as it once was. So her normal night routine now consists of her 9 pm milk and then if she wakes asking for milk, we give her water instead. The first few days, she would drink a little and then go back to sleep but the last night she didn't wake for anything at all! Yay!! I couldn't believe that I slept through all the way to 5am and even then she didn't wake. Oh goodness, you cannot believe how thrilled I was! That was the first full night's sleep I had in over 3 years! Yet, I still feel tired. Ha!
Although this is working out, I am still working on getting her into her room where she belongs! That is the next goal!
Here's to a better night's sleep!! ;)
Have you or your little one have any sleeping issues? How have you dealt with it - what have you tried?
