I promise to stop posting about cereal soon. But first! IT MIGHT BE WORKING!

Yes, after the first night of no success (with Baby Boy still waking up every two hours — or less), the second night seems to have went a little better.

Baby Boy fell asleep last night at 9 p.m., and didn’t wake up for his first feeding until … drumroll, please … 1 a.m. Woohoo!

Of course, it would have been a sweeter victory if I could have fallen asleep before 10 p.m. (why does my mind always have to race when I’m trying to fall asleep?), and if I hadn’t woken up at 12:30 a.m. when Darling Husband came home. But still, I got 2 1/2 hours of straight sleep, and for that I am very, very grateful.

Oh right, here’s the important part: I used three teaspoons of cereal (and probably five teaspoons of breastmilk — didn’t measure the milk). He gobbled it all up once again. I’m sure he would have happily kept on eating, but I figure I shouldn’t over-do it at first — what if his stomach explodes or something?

In conclusion: thank you, Nestle!
I heart cereal!
I heart sleep!
The end.

The cereal didn’t work!!! 😦

Oh, it is with a heavy heart that I type that! I had such high hopes that having a little more substance in his tummy would keep him asleep a little longer, but Baby Boy was STILL up every two hours, all night.

It started out so well. I nursed him often throughout the evening, and then once he’d had a ton of milk and was nice and sleepy, I spooned some cereal into him (the same one teaspoon of cereal/two teaspoons of breastmilk ratio as that morning’s trial run). He gobbled it up and then tried to lick the bowl when I was done — perhaps that was a sign I should have mixed up some more and kept going?

Then we sat in the glider in his room, read a chapter of his book, and he nursed some more. “He’s probably stuffed!” I thought happily. “Sleep, here we come!” He went to bed just after 9 p.m., but then — as always — he woke me up with his “hungry cry” at 11:30 p.m.

I don’t think he’s just doing it out of habit, because he ate hungrily (both sides) at 11:30 p.m., 2 a.m., and 4 a.m. At 6 a.m. he only ate one side and then went back to sleep, and then he was up for the day at 8 a.m. If he was waking up out of habit, wouldn’t he just want a cuddle and a snack or something? Wouldn’t he not be so crazy-hungry if it was just a habit???

I am going to fall asleep standing up. Perhaps two teaspoons is in order tonight? Ughhh, I don’t know …