Sleeping through the night...but not this mommy!

For the past 4 or 5 nights I have woken up around 3:30am and haven't been have to fall back asleep. It takes like an hour and a half before I'm able to fall back asleep...and then, it's only another hour of sleep before having a get up to start the day with Coleman. Seriously - what is up with that? It's like my body is in some sort of routine and I can't figure out how to break it. I had an interesting idea this morning thinking that I should take some NyQuil or something and maybe that will help me sleep through the night and break this new thing of getting up at 3:30.


The good news is that Coleman has been doing GREAT the past few nights of sleeping from 8pm - 7/7:30am!! Woo-hoo. He will fuss a little bit during the night, but we've learned to strategically place a bunch of pacifiers around where he may turn so he can grab them. Works like a charm! (not sure what we're going to do when we break the paci habit - but for now I'll take it!) However, last night while I was lying awake in bed at 3:30...about 15 min. later Coleman decided he was going to fuss (doesn't help me to fall back asleep at this point) and fuss he did for an HOUR!! At one point I had Justin go in to check on him (b/c if I go in he thinks he's going to get a bottle) and Coleman was sitting up in his crib crying. So Justin put him back down and he continued to cry...but it got less and less and he almost fell back asleep. Then he started up the screaming again so I went it and he was sitting up again! I finally took him out of his crib and let him fall asleep on my chest then put him back down for the rest of the night (which was only 2 more hours). My alarm went off at 7:30 (since that's when we start our day)...and I just couldn't get myself to wake up and Coleman was still sleeping...so I let him and I get a few more z's 'til 8. =) YAY!


Hopefully this waking up in the middle of the night was only a 2 night thing for the little man and that he will decide to sleep through the night tonight and hopefully I will be able to sleep ALL NIGHT LONG! It's been 8 months since I've gotten a full uninterrupted nights sleep - and I think I deserve one!