To summarize: Claire's sleeping is going well. I still have the mattress tilted and the receiving blankets, but we aren't using the thermal blanket and sleep positioner anymore. Pacis come and go. She goes to bed about 8pm-ish, feeds 2 times during the night (either 10pm/2am or 12am/4am) for about 10min each, has one more feeding sometime between 5:30am and 7:00am, and then sleeps until 8-8:30am. Lately, after that last dawn feeding, I'll give into my desires and sleep with her on the foot of the chaise. I gotta tell you, that last 2-3 hours of sleep in the morning are the best hours I get all night! I just love falling asleep looking at her relaxed face, listening to her even breathing, and feeling her hand resting lightly on my arm (or neck or chest or wherever). They're also the hours I'll be giving up next week when I go back to work because my current plan is to go to work (or maybe even work out?) after that last feeding so that I can come home at a decent time in the afternoon to spend time with her.
So, my kinda cute story, Claire doesn't always want to be put down at 8pm even if she's tired ... meaning she fusses and flails. Usually I can pop in her plug (one of her various pacis that we're trying out), but I've discovered that if I've given her a bottle that day, she usually won't let me put a paci in her mouth after that -- angry about that crazy synthetic stuff, I guess. Tonight, since she wouldn't take a paci but also couldn't settle down, I took my breast pads from today (gross, I know, but until you're in the situation, you can't judge!), stuck them to a lovey that she got as a gift, and put the wrapped up package next to her. She immediately rolled from her back to her side and reached out her top arm to grasp the lovey ... and promptly fell asleep. It's now almost 3 hours later, and I just checked on her; she's still clutching the lovey. So cute! It was just like how she and I sleep in the mornings on the foot of the chaise. Made me want to pick her up and ... oh, wait, I guess that would defeat the purpose. It did make my heart swell though (and twist a little since I'll be giving up those early morning naps soon).
Our chaise. We sleep with our heads towards the bottom.We've also been working on sleeping in the crib starting with naps so that I have the option of putting her there in the mornings after her last feeding. She's doing okay, but there's a long way to go. Before I even attempt to put her in there for the night, I have to get a new monitor because apparently the one I got (Summer Infant Video Monitor) that works great doesn't reach to our master bedroom because it's too far away. James thinks that's a great feature; me, not so much.
Oh, I joined a playgroup today. It's going to be about 10 babies from our neighborhood all born between August 2007 and August 2008. I have a feeling that I'm going to be the only working mom, but at least we're meeting at noon on Fridays so that I have a chance to go. Today, Claire was the youngest of the 5 babies at 3 months; the rest were 6-7 months old. It's amazing what a difference a few months make! More on that as it happens.
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