I don't want to jinx it, but for the past two nights El Pequeño has only woken once a night. On Saturday night I went in to nurse him at 11ish and fell asleep, and he didn't wake up again until 6:30. On Sunday night I went in at 11 to wait until he woke up (almost always within 5 minutes of my entering the room) and fell asleep waiting. he woke up at 3:30, nursed, and went back to sleep until El Chico woke us all up at 5:55.
El Grande and El Chico went to pick out a new digital clock for El Chico's room, and El Chico is excited not to come out of his room until the first number is 7.
So I'm going to bed in a few minutes, and we'll see what happens with El Pequeño and his nightwaking, and El Chico and his new clock. Wish me luck.
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UPDATE: Ha. I totally jinxed it. In fact, if I wasn't on this cockamamie diet I'd owe myself a Coke. El P woke up at least 6 times, wailing, and was up for the day at 5:45. Which was convenient because El C bounded out of his room at 5:46 to ask how long it would be until the first number was a 7. El Grande thinks I should retitle this post "Pooch-Screwing: A Primer" or "Probing the Limits of Wrong." We're considering feeding both kids Nyquil for dinner.
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And now, answers to questions left in the comments to the last two posts:
No alcohol on the Fat Flush. Otherwise I'd be all over Lisa V's Long Life Cocktail.
Kate, no yoga for me! it makes me feel inadequate, because I can never feel my chi going down to the mother earth. I'm more of a Pilates "hold that position until your muscle starts to shake adn then let's do that 20 more times" kind of person.
suz, Fat Flush is not suitable for vegetarians. I don't eat red meat, and I don't eat much fish these days (because of the mercury), and I am sooo sick of chicken. A vegetarian woudl run out of options very soon. You could probably work up your own version of it just by cutting out wheat and dairy and doing the supplements. It would have the same detox effect, but you wouldn't lose as much weight if you didn't cut out the grains and beans.
Wood, El P can easily go for 6-7 hours (and 8 last night) without nursing, so we're not giving bottles (he won't take one from either of us anyway). I could go for a long time if he only woke once a night, so I'm not looking for nightweaning, just only-nursing-when-actually-hungry.
Summer, in the big blackout of 2003, we had a ton of coffee, and water, and gas for the stove for hot water, but no electricity to grind the beans. El Grande almost cried. Now I have a vacuum-sealed package of ground coffee in our emergency kit.
Good luck Moxie. I hope you got some more of that sweet sweet sleep.
Posted by: kate | March 21, 2006 at 08:26 AM
Fingers crossed! We had one waking last night, so I'm practically floating today!
Posted by: Ally | March 21, 2006 at 09:28 AM
Omg, LOL on El C's question. He'll get it...eventually. It doesn't help that sunrise is about that time now (5:50something), so you can understand the dilemma.
Funny, my prenatal yoga class wasn't at all yogi--I mean, there was "namaste" at the end of the session, but I'd say most of the people there were not transfers from the regular yoga classes. And now my mom and stepdad (59 and 69, respectively) are getting very into their yoga class, and I *cannot* imagine they would have any patience for talk about chi and all that. Of course, it's hard for me to imagine them doing yoga, period, so you never know, I guess.
Posted by: Kate | March 21, 2006 at 10:42 AM
:( Sorry about the jinx.
At three months, my daughter slept 8-10 hours for 1 straight week. I was excited and was telling my coworkers about it. Then after that week, she never did that again until she was 7,8 months old. So I've learned my lesson - to never share good sleep news. with anyone. Because once you do, it's all over. It's a baby conspiracy is what it is!
I hope one day soon both you and El P get some sleep. Oh, and El Chico is so cute with his new clock.
Posted by: Linda B | March 21, 2006 at 10:45 AM
My son is only 2, so we didn't think a clock would actually work, until we came up with the idea of setting the alarm (music) to come on at a time we deemed reasonable for wake up. Now the rule is "stay in bed until the music comes on" and, well, you know, it works maybe 30% of the time.
Posted by: Rachael | March 21, 2006 at 10:52 AM
Sorry about the rough night. but hopefully El P will repeat his one night waking again soon. He just wants to keep you on your toes.
As for El C -- hilarious. but that's only because I don't live with him, I guess.
Posted by: Wood | March 21, 2006 at 10:52 AM
No, no, no take it from an experienced mom. Start by feeding them both Bendaryl for dinner, followed by a nyquil chaser.
Apple once woke up no less than 5 times a night for 27 days straight. We took turns sleeping at the neighbor's, I'm not kidding. She wasn't ill, she wasn't teething. She was 10 months old and just got her self in a bad groove. Now she is 14 and it takes an air horn from a big rig to wake her up. And even then, she only scowls and rolls over and goes back to sleep.
I am so sorry for the suckage. Lack of sleep is awful, for all of you.
Posted by: Lisa V | March 21, 2006 at 11:16 AM
Totally been tere on the jinx thing. A couple weeks ago my husband bragged to everyone at a party about our 6 month old sleeping through the night. It hasn't happened since.
Posted by: Annie | March 21, 2006 at 01:16 PM
I just so totally stole "probing the limits of wrong" for a conversation with my husband detailing my own attempts to get my girl to nap. We're dealing with the whole "dig-me-I-can walk-now-never-leave-my-sight" thing coupled with the inexorable decline of the morning nap. So sorry about the lack of sleep and wishing for a good solid twelve hours for you all really soon.
Posted by: AmyinMotown | March 21, 2006 at 02:31 PM
Wait. You mean your son is not in your bed from 2am on? My 3 year old is still learning dry nights and is in our bed when she is up at night (even with dry sheets).
When she was younger we use to try "the sun is not up yet". That did not work once spring came and the sun was up.
Back to the drawing board.
Posted by: Katie | March 22, 2006 at 09:00 AM
Wait. You mean your son is not in your bed from 2am on? My 3 year old is still learning dry nights and is in our bed when she is up at night (even with dry sheets).
When she was younger we use to try "the sun is not up yet". That did not work once spring came and the sun was up.
Back to the drawing board.
Posted by: Katie | March 22, 2006 at 09:01 AM
I'm reading the sleep issues at your house closely, hoping something will work for a 7-7 night. Then I can steal the ideas.
I thought about the digital clock thing. I thought about the music alarm thing. But I think our nightwakings has become a habit for him, and nightfeedings a habit for her...
Anxiously waiting for both of our families to get some uninterrupted sleep soon.
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