Finally- *Phew*

Little man is finally sleeping through most of the night. It started this last week, as though someone had just flipped a switch, and suddenly, he changed. He falls asleep at about 8 or 9 pm, wakes up once at around 1 am to eat, then falls asleep again until 4 or 5 am. This gives me over three hours of uninterrupted sleep at a time (I still have to wake up to pump on schedule when he sleeps for those long stretches).

Before this change, I was up all night with him, sleeping only about 30 minutes at a time during his cat naps. He would sleep during the day instead, mocking me. I could not figure out how to crack the mystery of getting a baby to sleep during the nights. He was too cute for me to have the heart to try to force him to stay up when he wanted to sleep, or to put him to sleep and ignore him when he was clearly awake and alert, and looking for attention.

I still don't know what caused the switch, but then the answers to many baby mysteries still elude me. I'm just happy it happened. I'm already feeling like a new person, more energetic and alert during the day. I hear rumors that eventually babies even sleep up to seven or eight hours at a time overight :) ...can't wait for that to happen!