Breastfeeding & Sleep

First things first. Breastfeeding! Third time around has been soooooo easy for me with the exception of the week when I had mastitis! I still am not an 'oversupply' type of momma but I make enough to keep my man healthy and chunky and that's all I care about! Will loves nursing also and I love it just as much. He's been playing with my hair more and more and loves to hold my hand when he eats also. At 5.5 months now he eats about 5-6 times during the day and then once during the night.

Next up: Sleep! Our story with Will and sleep has been pretty rough. The little guy never liked to go to sleep and we weren't getting anywhere. When he hit 5 months old had worked up to taking 3-4 hours to get him to sleep at night and much of this was screaming and crying, falling asleep, laying him down and him waking 5 minutes later. Then it was up every 2-3 hours all night long without any really good stretches. At naps I had to rock him to sleep which took time and then often he was sleeping 20-30 minutes before waking up ready to play. We were both stressed to the max and sleep deprived and were planning to Cry It Out at 6 months. But then, at 5 months and a week we had enough. We decided it would be better for when he started school in a couple of weeks that we get it out of the way now. Just as with the other 2 we did the Ferber method and did increasingly longer periodical checks to soothe him but the little man took to it SO well! The first night he cried only an hour 20, then 40 the next night and then only 20 the 3rd night. By the 4th night he talked for about 30 seconds and then slept 11 hours. Repeat 2 more nights! It worked SO well for our little guy and we're so happy we did it. Now I can lay him down awake and he goes to sleep. It seriously has CHANGED OUR LIVES and we are all just so much happier, including the little man!! Listen to your instincts and do what's right for your family! :)