Night and day 5: Turning point – I cannot put enough emphasis on the PHEW. Each night has been better, little by little. Night 4 I had the best night’s sleep I’ve had since being about 10 weeks pregnant. No cramps, no bladder demands, no feed, no resettles, no cats waking me up – I slept solidly from 10pm to 5:17am. Extraordinary! Not one, not ONE wake-up in all that time. I woke up feeling lousy – the unfair side-effect of finally getting decent sleep is that your body then pulls out some problems that it’s just been keeping shelved until it had enough to sleep to bring them out and get a proper look! I also felt the start of tension leaving my body, an infinitesimal lightening of my shoulders and spirit as for the first time I could see progress.
Last night there was a stir and couple of minutes of crying about 9:30pm, then nothing until 5:47am. Sadly the cats were not so cooperative last night, so I got woken up several times between the hours of 12 and 4.
Today, Master Z has been very happy, despite having contracted hand, foot and mouth disease. He is so alert, taking things in, wanting to learn more and chatting even more. We are definitely noticing a difference in his development and cognitive abilities since getting more sleep.
Tonight, he was in total snuggle mode after his bath. Snuggling his daddy, me, his teddy, his sleeping bag. When I put him in the cot, he cuddled up to both his cot companions (Lucky and Big Nutbrown Hare/Ralf Rabbit) and looked contented. So, so good to see him so happy and loving.Yay. Now, not only do I see and feel progress in the overnight sleeping patterns, but I also can see that what I thought we’d broken is returning as he gets used to the new way of things.
Huge, huge relief.
Now, to let all my stress and tension over this week unwind – it feels like it might take a few more days for me to get over this whole process!
