Sleeping Through the Night

Well, Elise finally managed to make it almost all the way through the night this time. Yesterday we made sure to wake her up at least half an hour before feeding time, and then keep her awake for at least half an hour to an hour after. We also made her bathtime a little bit later than before, so that she got a bath and a meal right before we went to sleep. She zonked pretty quick at 10pm, and when it was time to feed her at 1am, she went right to sleep as soon as she was done. It didn't work so well when it was time to eat at 4am, but it was still better than last time. Nat and I both got way more sleep than the night before.

This three hour feeding schedule that the pediatritian had us put her on seems to be working well. She starts trying to munch on her hand at around the 2 1/2 hour mark, whether or not we've woken her up yet, and she's stopped crying when we change her diaper because she knows that she's going to get fed as soon as we're done. She still screams bloody murder at bath time, but as soon as she's finished, she shuts right up.

The lady down the street brought us dinner last night, and she went all out. It was basically several meals worth (at least for our little family) of soft-shell taco makings. We'll have to make something nice to return in those containers that the food came in. If I wasn't so keen on making chicken curry tonight, I don't think we'd have to do any cooking at all (aside from reheating) all weekend. But I had put chicken in the fridge to thaw yesterday, hours before we found out about dinner, and you all know I would never refreeze meat. That's just asking for trouble. I also don't want to waste food (formula ain't cheap, you know), so I still feel like chicken tonight (bwak bwak).