Sleep is a Beautiful Thing

MAKADIE IS SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!  I cannot describe the joy and happiness I feel inside!  I'm starting to feel like a real person again.  And Makadie is definitely happier too.

I'll admit it.  I was totally skeptical that Makadie was ever going to sleep through the night or take decent naps.  I mean, there we were: 8 1/2 months old and still waking up to eat at night (twice when she was teething) and her naps were borderline too short (45 min to an hour).  I was going nuts!  For those of you who know me, you know I like schedules and planning and it felt like Makadie wasn't ever going to allow me to do either of those things again!

When we dropped Makadie down to one feeding at night when she was about 4 months or so, I thought that was hard.  She would cry and scream and it was almost more than I could handle.  We did it though and things went along alright for a while.  I finally told Covey that we really needed to get Makadie sleeping through the night, otherwise, I was going to go crazy from lack of sleep.  (I'm sure you moms know what I'm talking about: Even though I was getting at least 7 hours of sleep at night, it was interrupted at least once by getting up to feed Makadie and sometimes more from thinking that I was hearing her wake up.)

The first night (last Friday) was a little rough.  We put her to bed around 8:30p and she woke up once and cried for an hour and 20 minutes then went back to sleep until 6:30a when she woke up to eat.

The second night (Saturday), she only woke up once for about 20 minutes, woke up at 6a to eat, then fell back to sleep until 8:15a.

The third night (Sunday), she woke up and cried for 2 hours.  That was not fun.  She only slept for about an hour after she fell asleep again and woke up at about 6:30a.

The fourth night (Monday), she finally got it!  She went to bed at 8:15p and woke up at 6:15a.  It was amazing!

The fifth night (last night), she woke up once for about 20 minutes and then woke up for the day at 7a.

All I can say is HALLELUJAH!  It was basically 3 rough days and it's been so much better from here on out!  :)  :)  Happy day!

In addition, Makadie's naps have really improved.  I was surprised, because she's been taking naps that are at least an hour to an hour and a half.  It's been amazing.  I have time to do things during her nap time.  Love it!

I'm looking forward to 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep. :)