Week 26: Blessed Sleep

I’m going to keep this blog post short & to the point, so that I can go get some rest:  Erik is sleeping through the night (almost)!!!  I can hear the heavenly hosts singing every time I say that!  I decided to try and “tank” him up in the evening so that he would be completely full before bedtime in the hopes that this would get him to go more than 3 or 4 hours between feedings at night.  I had tried this before, but it hadn’t worked.  I was hoping that since he turns 6 months old on January 30th, that his age would be the magic turning point.  

Sleeping Baby!!!

The first night that we tried this, we fed him every 1 1/2 to  2 hours plus we gave him a “dream feed” at 10:30pm (a bottle that we give him while he is sleeping to help him stay that way) and he slept nearly 7 hours!!  [cue the heavenly chorus]  He woke up around 3:30 the first night and has been waking up anytime between 2 and 3 since then.  We’ve tried to soothe him back to sleep without a bottle or nursing, but so far that hasn’t worked.  But I’ll take it!!  This lovely sleep pattern has continued through the rest of this week and I hope will continue on into next week and beyond!

Other news of the week is that we hosted the Oliver family for part of the weekend.  David, Rosalie and their 2 adorable kids drove up to Orlando from Sebring after Sabbath School, arriving in time for lunch.  We spent the afternoon introducing Mallory & Zachary to Erik and playing on our deck.  In the late afternoon, we took ourselves to a park in Maitland for play on the slides & swings before heading over to the Deininger’s for a very belated Christmas and January birthdays party.  The Oliver’s were able to spend Saturday night with us and go out to eat Sunday brunch before heading back home.  Kent & I were very pleased with the fact that Mallory & Zachary were such warm, friendly kids; they didn’t act shy around us at all, which is what we were expecting.  We had a great time visiting and playing with them (even though the adults stayed up way too late playing Mexican Train with dominoes!)

6 months old; 18 lbs & 26 in