About three weeks ago, around the middle of February, we decided to try to push Frankie to only one nightly wake up. Previously he had been waking up around 1 and 5 to eat and then quickly going back to sleep until waking up for the day between 7-8. Since he goes to bed around 7pm, he was already sleeping a good 6 hour stretch, but we were pretty sure he could go longer. The first night when he woke up around 1, we kept going in to soothe him back to sleep and attempting to give him his pacifier in place of nursing...this lasted for about an hour and then he went back to sleep for just a bit - but it was definitely progress. The next night he slept until 3am and then woke up at 7am...and with the exception of a few nights, has kept to one 3am wake up since! We've heard from the doctor and several others that he should be able to sleep through the night, but for now, we're happy with the 8 hour stretch and I am ok with the one nightly feeding...Maybe when he's 6 months old, we'll try shooting for a 7pm-7am stretch!
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| Getting ready for bed after his bath |
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