i got really lucky with this baby *knock on wood*
she goes to sleep for the night around 11pm, and "wakes up" every 2 hour to nurse for about 10 minutes, and then falls RIGHT back asleep with no problem and sleeps soundly until she starts to grunt, 2 hours later when she is hungry again. finally around 9am she is awake.
yeah it kinda sucks having to be awake to nurse her every 2 hours, but she seriously sleeps through me nursing her. how she could have her eyes closed tightly and her whole body limp, yet still be vigorously sucking is beyond me.
so pretty much she nurses at 11pm, then we both go to bed, she gets up for about 10 minutes to eat around 1am, 3am, 5am, 7am and then at 9 when she's up for the day. so i get like 8-9 hours of sleep (i usually get up before 9) minus four 10 minute sessions, and after i burp her i can pretty much fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.
its so nice and i always feel well rested in the mornings.
i think if she slept for longer and then ate for longer each time I'd probably be more tired because I'm the type of person who once awake for long enough has a really hard time falling back asleep. so while i don't like waking up every 2 hours, its only for 15 minutes tops and i like it better than waking up evey 4 hours and actually BEING awake for 30-40 minutes, kwim?
none of this made any sense did it?
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