@ 2002-07-21 14:00:00

So Little Man is only waking us up once in the middle of the night.

The hospital was a big pain in the ass on the whole "You must wake your baby at least every 3 hrs and force them to eat so they will be on a schedule".

Screw that... it was unsuccessful in hospital and I did try it the 1st night we were home and it sucked!

Instead, I just let him sleep and when I hear him squirming, I get him up and see if he wants to feed. If he doesn't... then DS sees if he needs a change. If it's neither, we cuddle for a bit and then back to bed he goes. It's much simpler and easier on us all this way.

So far Little Man's sked seems to be as follows: He wakes us up once in the middle of the night to feed (usually around 4:30 a.m.) then he'll sleep for 3 - 4 hrs between feedings until around 1 p.m. then in the afternoon he'll wake and want to feed about every 2 hrs until around 7 or 7:30 p.m. and then it's back to 3 - 4 hrs between feedings.

He tends to get over-stimulated when he's being passed around from various visitors so I am going to get a lil hardcore about rules for visiting with the baby.

Rule #1 Let sleeping babies lie. Do NOT pick him up or try to wake him when he is sleeping.

#2 If you want to hold him, hold him for awhile... don't play pass the baby as if you were in kindergarten playing "Hot Potato"

#3 Don't smoke near the baby EVER (this one everyone has been good about so far, but I haven't seen my chain-smoking grandparents yet)

#4 Don't be afraid to cuddle him. Some ppl seem to hold him out at arm's length and it makes both of them uncomfy and tense. If you are afraid to hold the baby, don't feel pressured to hold the baby.

#5 Mommy is very tired... if you are holding him and don't want to change a stinky diaper... ask Daddy to do it :>