Hello All,
Well, I have to write this post because Mia made one of the most important milestones just last night! YEAHHHH! SHE SLEPT OVER 8 HOURS! WOO HOO!! It was wonderful. Her sleep started to improve at about week 7-8. It started about 4 hours in a row from about 7-9pm she would go to sleep and then wake up about 12a-2a and then wake up 3 hours from then and then 2 hours from there. It slowly increased to 5 hours in the beginnning. This was about week 9ish. She would go to sleep about 8-9ish and wake up about 1,2,3amish and then wake up about every 2 hours after that. She was 10 weeks old this past Saturday. She was going to bed about 9ish and getting up around 3am then 4am the next night...until FINALLY, she slept last night from 915pm until 530am!!!! I am so so happy! 8hours 15 minutes! It's amazing to sleep that long. I forgot what it was like! I never thought it would happen in our days of every 2 hours, but it really did! ha ha. Giacomo and I were beside ourselves! So she went to bed at 915pm and got up at 530am, had 3 ounces and went right back to sleep until about 8am! HEAVEN! The 530am feed is still in the dark. I cannot wait until she wakes up and it's daylight! No more nighttime feeds! There seriously is a light at the end of the tunnel. We are also keeping her in her own bedroom at night and it has made a big difference. I think Mia is sensitive to sounds even more than other babies, and not hearing us move during the night helps her sleep better I believe and vice versa. I think hearing her move, make noise, kept us awake as well. Babies make noise when they sleep which is totally normal, so we found it better for all of us to not hear eachother! Her room is right across from ours, so when she gets louder, we cannot miss it! I am happy we made this transition. Now that she sleeps generally through the night, it is better for her to be in her own room. Changing the clocks back made me happier and knowing that spring is around the corner puts a big smile on my face. Mia is AMAZINGLY better from her crying fits, although I will not assume it's completely over until we hit the 3 month mark. (in about 2 weeks) She doesn't cry at all at night anymore. We know when she's tired, she gets a bit cranky and fights falling asleep a bit, but is generally a complete pleasure and easy to put down for the night! I have to admit, the newborn period or at least the first 8 weeks of her life (all of January and February) were a bit difficult. The weather, Mia's episodes of crying and just the sleep deprivation in general was enough to make anyone a bit frazzled, but there is so much positive ahead now and I'm so excited. She smiles ALL the time now, coos like crazy making all these incredible, adorable sounds and it's just the best. We also got through her 2 month vaccines, so I'm so happy about this. She had her last 2 this past Friday and did amazingly well. I gave her Tylenol before she went, so it would be in full affect when they "stuck" her and she didn't cry! I couldn't believe it. I will definitlely be giving her Tylenol prior to her vaccines for the future. I can't guarantee it was the Tylenol, but I'm sure it helped. She did great.
So, all in all, things are looking in the up direction. I cannot wait for the nice weather! Yeah for baseball season! I have the cutest Mets Tshirt for Mia. Unfortunately, Giacomo is a Yankees fan, and I have a Yankees Tshirt as well. We'll be chaning Tshirts quite frequently I can imagine!
I take Mia out all the time now and feel much more comfortable driving with her, especially since she is much more pleasant and I can soothe her with my voice a lot of times when she's in the car and gets fussy. I am just feeling much better and confident about being a mom. I guess it took me about 2 months of practice. This would be my advice for any new mom, give it 2 months, it does get better for so many reasons....
I guess that's about it for now. Mia is sleeping soundly and I have many things to do! (as always)
Talk to you all soon I'm sure for more news of our little munchkin.
Love, The Bellomos
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