Rock A Bye Baby

There are many things I knew would change when we had Sophia.  I distinctly remember being caught off guard after having Andrew about certain aspects of parenthood.  I knew that the first couple of months would be full of poopy diapers, crying, and sleepless nights.  However, I never expected that Sophia would be still waking up in the middle of the night to eat at 9 months old. 

At Sophia's 9 month check up her pediatrician asked all the standard questions, how many dirty/wet diapers a day, how much does she eat, what is she eating, and then she asked about sleeping.  How many hours does Sophia sleep at night?  Well, Sophia sleeps about 9-10 hours at night.  Continuous? No.  Is she eating when she wakes up? Yes.  Okay well that stops tonight.  She then coached us on how to teach Sophia to sleep through the night.

Well, I have been waiting for this week for the last year and a half...to be able to sleep through the night without being woken up!  Sophia has officially had 4 nights where she has slept through the night!!!  I am so proud of my little girl.  The first night was quite rough.  She was awake and crying from midnight until 3am.  Rusty went in several times to console her without picking her up and she finally fell back asleep.  Since then she has slept through the night each night, and so have we!