Well, it's been a week...
Apr. 25th, 2010 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
switch842So I think I can safely say this isn't a fluke:
GABRIEL IS SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It started last Friday night with a sudden 7 hour stretch. The next night and every night since it's been a solid eight, sometimes eight and a half hours. It's been so freaking awesome. I have had to get up a couple times to reswaddle him. But he's never really woken up and it's right back to sleep. So, yay!!
Also, the weaning has been going well. Now that we've found a formula he likes, anyway. The second day was a little rough as he was quite fussy after the first bottle of formula. But I wasn't sure if it was that specific formula or just the change in general. The next day, tried another sample we had and that went better. Still not great, but better than the first. Then hubby picked up some of the Gerber formula the other day and that has been awesome. He's been chugging that stuff down like it's breastmilk. Plus, really no spitting up with it. We actually did just clean out a monster poop. It was BAD. Blech. But expected.
I had a bridal shower to go to today so hubby was alone with Gabe for about 5 hours. The longest yet. But it went great and they survived. :-)
So, yeah. All is well in the Switch household. :-D
GABRIEL IS SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It started last Friday night with a sudden 7 hour stretch. The next night and every night since it's been a solid eight, sometimes eight and a half hours. It's been so freaking awesome. I have had to get up a couple times to reswaddle him. But he's never really woken up and it's right back to sleep. So, yay!!
Also, the weaning has been going well. Now that we've found a formula he likes, anyway. The second day was a little rough as he was quite fussy after the first bottle of formula. But I wasn't sure if it was that specific formula or just the change in general. The next day, tried another sample we had and that went better. Still not great, but better than the first. Then hubby picked up some of the Gerber formula the other day and that has been awesome. He's been chugging that stuff down like it's breastmilk. Plus, really no spitting up with it. We actually did just clean out a monster poop. It was BAD. Blech. But expected.
I had a bridal shower to go to today so hubby was alone with Gabe for about 5 hours. The longest yet. But it went great and they survived. :-)
So, yeah. All is well in the Switch household. :-D
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Date: 2010-04-26 03:28 am (UTC)I remember the first time Griffin did it. He'd been waking at around 2.30 or 3.00 for a middle-of-the-night feed and he was drinking a LOT so I figured he wasn't about to give it up, and then one night he just kept sleeping. And I woke up every hour, LOL. And from that night, he never had a night feed again. Funnily enough, it was when he finally made it to the expected average weight for his age.
Glad you've found a formula that fits. It's a glorious moment :o) That'll probably be helping with the night sleeping because it's slower to digest than breast milk so it fills the tummy longer.
Doesn't it feel fantastic to get a full night's sleep?
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Date: 2010-04-26 12:11 pm (UTC)