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Week Two – Two steps back and one step forward.
I wasn't feeling very optimistic about the sleepsuit after week one's less than stellar sleeping but we persevered. I didn't think she'd sleep any better in a sleep sack so we kept wearing the sleepsuit.
In addition to hoping she will sleep longer stretches at night, I've been working hard on getting her to a place where she can fall asleep without help from me. It's a pretty darn important skill for her to to have since I can't always spend a ton of time putting her down for naps. She was doing well before we introduced the sleepsuit but during her big growth spurt she wasn't doing it anymore.
Drowsy but awake looks like this.
Thankfully, that skill has re-emerged, for the most part. The past few days our nap routine has been to watch for sleepy cues, put her in the sleepsuit, nurse for a little bit, unlatch then put her in the crib. She usually cries when I set her down so I'll set my hand on her chest and give her some good “Shhhhhhhhh” ing. I want her to be awake when I set her down but very much ready to fall asleep.
It's been working.
The past few days she's also been going back to sleep after partially waking up half way through her morning nap. Go Little T!
Now for night time… About a week ago I was at my wits end. She was up every one to two hours and taking a full feeding every time she woke up. I was cursing the Four Month Wakeful and cursing the suit and cursing pretty much everything at that point.
But, we turned a corner. First it was a a 3 hour stretch, then 4, then on Sunday night she slept 5.5 hours and I saw a light at the end of the tunnel. It's not perfect but we are trending in the right direction. I really hope we can get back to good sleep soon. I was getting really worried that having her sleep in our room wasn't going to work and the only other place that we can put her is in Q's room!
I'm ordering the next size up because the growth spurt has made her almost too big for the 3-6 month size. It's hard to get her arms in. My sister in law ordered a set for my little niece and they have had a much better experience than we have. She took to the suit right away. I'm hoping that the suit will start working better for us soon but I'm not going to give it up. I'll use it until it doesn't make sense to use it anymore. Maybe when the weather gets warm enough that it doesn't make sense to sleep in fleece. 🙂
Sleep tight, angel girl
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Just wondering if the sleep suit ended up working for you? We have been using it for over a week now, and haven’t really seen an improvement. Although, I do think that he is going through his 3 month growth spurt right now. I’m hoping it will help him sleep longer stretches soon and become more consistent 🙂 If not, then I am going to try the Zipadee Zip next.
Hey Julie, TT sleeps in our room because we don’t have enough space for her to have her own. On average she wakes 2-3 times a night. She’s 5.5 months old and some times she sleeps 8 hours stretches, some nights it’s 2 hour stretches. We’re still using the Merlin suit for two reasons. 1. She knows it’s time to sleep when she puts it on and usually goes down pretty easily. 2. It keeps her from rolling all over the place when she’s putting herself to sleep. I haven’t been able to get her to sleep longer than 45 minutes without it so we’re sticking with it for now!
Just wondering how you nursed with the sleep suit on. Is it cumbersome?
Amy, I didn’t find it any more cumbersome than a regular sleep sack. I just held her like I normally would. I was also able to nurse in side lying position with her in the suit.