Miss Cranky Pants yesterday still lookin' cute
Last night we had a particularly rough time getting McKenna to go to sleep. I'm attributing all of the last couple of days' extra fussiness, eating, and sleeping to a 6 week growth spurt. We took turns trying everything, and she is also now adamantly refusing the paci. Every time we got her to sleep, she would wake up within minutes of being put down. Even nursing lying down, she fell dead asleep but as soon as she was transferred over to her bed she was screaming. Around 11:30 I tried a desperate trick. I rocked her to sleep in my arms, holding her in an uncomfortable position for me but one that I knew would be easy to get out of. Once asleep, I leaned down to place her in the bassinet and froze for a few minutes. Then little by little I moved one arm at a time out from under her. The process took a good 10 minutes. Success.
Throughout the night she stirred and moaned and groaned. Plenty of those times I was up and seconds away from picking her up to feed her. I'm still learning her cues (which seem to be changing daily), I could have sworn several of those times she was actually awake. Nope. 7 AM rolls around, Kevin was already up and doing stuff as she started waking up. Overall I probably woke up a total of 6 times, at least. Several of those times weren't even from her making noises, but me just waking to make sure her chest was moving up and down. But she didn't wake to nurse at all.... I guess the marathon nursing we did yesterday evening paid off.
I just hope the process we used to get her to sleep is a phase that is a part of a growth spurt and not something that is becoming a habit. Fingers crossed. Either way, SHE slept through the night.
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