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Katie didn't really "Sleep through the night" by some standards, but by mine it would be wonderful. The ONE night she did it she slept from 9-2, then 2-6, then 6-7...so only 2 feeding sessions. Last night she slept 2.5 hrs then was up every 40 minutes...this lasted until almost 5am...then she slept until 6:30.

Ooh yes I see your dilemma the on-call business would be difficult if your dh is gone. What are you going to do?***I feel for you with Katie's sleep. As much as I love love love my little guy, last week I was so fed up with the whole sleep deprivation thing (and my dh sleeping in the guest room for about 3 months now) that I started putting Pete in his crib. I figured what the heck if he hates it he's waking me up anyway what's the difference if I pick him up in my room or walk across the hall. Lo and behold he starting sleeping 6 hours! I guess his crib is more comfortable or he prefers the silence of his own room (I get up to go to the bathroom 3 times a night since I drink tons of water to b___stfeed). THen I had to go and mess things up by taking him with me to a friends house and not getting home until 10:00 pm Monday night. OMG his schedule has been messed up ever since. I'm up every 2-3 hours again. That'll teach me to screw with his sleep schedule. I guess I have to stick to his schedule from now on.*** What is Katie doing when she wakes up? Does she just fuss and toss and turn or is she into full b__wn crying? Does she wake up wide eyed or just want to eat or be held or take a binky?

and thanks for starting this new thread too. I hope Sann finds her way back to this thread soon.

If it is any comfort Katie started sleeping better when I first moved her to her crib, then it went back to how it was...maybe it wasn't your "night out". I have had a problem falling asleep while she is nursing (like for 1 1/2 hours!) and she is spoiled again. She will NOT let me lay her down even when I think she is sound asleep. It took 4 times and a LOT of patting to get her down at 12:30 this morning. I guess I am going to have to look for another job...which is scary...because then there is the whole pay, who do you work for, daycare, etc....

When Katie wakes up in the night, she wakes up fussing...I usually wait to see if her fuss is going to persist, then I go to her and try to nurse her or rock/walk her back to sleep...it is not until I put her DOWN that the full-b__wn crying begins....last night after trying a couple of times to put her down, I went outside her room and let her cry for 5 minutes (she would calm down and chatter, then work herself back to a full cry). My husband came up and tried to rock her...she had just eaten 1 1/2 hours before and was not "rooting'...she cried and cried. I took her from him and she stopped immediately and fell asleep in my arms. Hmmmm....is she spoiled and we are hitting separation anxiety?

to clarify - "I" am falling asleep holding her and waking up over 1 hour later to find out I am still up and holding her!

I did NOT allow myself to fall asleep holding her last night...but over the weekend I was soo exhausted it happened 2 or 3 times.

tee hee - kind of looks like I am talking to myself. Gotta go!

You're not talking to yourself, you're just separating your thoughts. : ) Sorry to hear about the whole job situation. Is it possible you're picking Katie up too soon? A few nights ago Pete starting fussing and doing a halfhearted half-asleep crying thing and I let him figuring that if he starting wailing I'd go pick him up. He fell asleep for another 1 1/2 hour! Yesterday morning he woke up grunting and stretching as I watched him on the little video monitor. He was wide eyed and talking and slightly fussing for a good 20 minutes then closed his eyes and slept some more. My point is I just discovered this week that he's capable of falling back asleep without me sometimes. I've stopped rushing to immediately pick him up but I'm ready to do it before he starts wailing. Has Katie ever fallen asleep on her own after fussing for a few minutes?***So I see I"m not the only one falling asleep with baby in arms for 1 1/2 hour. : ) Does separation anxiety kick in this soon? Well you must be an excellent mommy for Katie to love being in your arms that much!***I gave little Pete his first rice cereal dinner last night. He did not digest it well and we were up with gas pains every 2 hours. UGH! Did you start Katie on cereal and veggies and fruit all at once or one by one?

Perl - I try to let her wimper and "fuss" for a little bit, hoping she will get comfortable and go back to sleep...one night I let her cry for 5min, then my husband came up and tried to console her, she cried harder until I held her...then stopped immediately. I tried rice 2x, bad experience both times, went onto oatmeal with bananas and she has done great with it. I introduced 1 veggie over a 4 day period, no reaction tried something else. I tried squash and sweet potatoes, then bananas and peaches....then pears and green beans. She only eats the oatmeal with "enthusiasm" and it HAS to be mixed with my milk.

i was BAD this morning...I have to be oncall this weekend and she started the up every 40 minutes thing again - by 3:45 I could no longer stand it, let her nurse in bed with me and let her stay there sleeping. She didn't really wake up again until 7:00 - when my husband came to get us up.

Trying: Every 40 minutes?!! Oh my gosh, you must be so exhausted. Oh I feel for you. It was another bad night for us last night too. Four times in a row I'd put him down in his crib and then have to pick him right back up within 5 minutes. One time he burped and another time he vomited so he just was not feeling well and was so congested. I don't know if it's because it's allergy season and maybe he has allergies or if he's reacting to the rice cereal. Yesterday I did not give him any cereal to see if he'd sleep better and no such luck. Today I tried the rice cereal one more time and thickened it a bit more and he hated it at first and then ate about half of it when it was a bit cooler. I'm following the 4 day rule unless there's an obvious allergic reaction but so far the rice cereal isn't doing much for us. I'll have to try it with my milk instead of formula tomorrow. I have not tried to give him any veggies or fruit yet.

Sann: we miss you. Hope to hear from you soon!

Perl - oatmeal is not doing us anygood as far as sleeping goes, but she seems to really enjoy it - sounds like she is saying yum, yum, yum when she eats it. I am having trouble pumping enough milk for bottles and cereal. She eats 3-4 tbls of oatmeal at night. She is a bit "noisier" now!

Yes, it's difficult for me to pump b___stmilk for cereal too. I don't have a huge supply but I did it yesterday and today. He loved the rice cereal with b___stmilk much better. I've worked up to a thicker consistency too and he is gobbling up 2 tablespoons of rice cereal thinned out with about 4 tablespoons of b___stmilk. Once I get to the thickest consistency I'll try the oatmeal for a week then a veggie. I just bought "Secrets of the BAby Whisperer" and plan to use her tips for getting baby to sleep. Will let you know if any of it works for us.

Let me know!! I ordered the No-Cry sleep solution, but there was a problem with my credit card (was issued a new one and old was on file with Amazon)...so I never got it and have never gotten around to ordering another.