So having a preemie has been an amazing journey. It's amazing and wonderful and fun, but at the same time, let's get real. Your child doesn't start sleeping earlier- you just go that much longer (in our case, 5 weeks!) without quality sleep. So this mom was seriously losing it by February... Thankfully, he started getting longer and longer chunks (7 hrs, even 9 hrs once.)Well, the month of March has been nothing short of miraculous. On March 11, after a couple weeks of four and five hour stretches at most, he slept for over 7 hours! I think I cried a little. Hormones, people. Hormones! It didn't happen again for a while, but he started getting five and six pretty regularly.
Then, on March 22, somehow the little tyke slept over NINE HOURS! Is that even possible?! Don't worry, it's hasn't happened again, but still, these little episodes are definitely glimpses of light at the end of the sleep tunnel.
But, thank goodness, there's so much more to life than sleep, and this little boy more than makes up for it. He is seriously just a joy to be around. Sure, teething has set in early, and so when he remembers his sore little mouth, he is a handful, but most of the time he is just all smiles, babbling, and looks of wonder.
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