4am is the new wake-up time

I'm not in the least bit superstitious BUT these babies may change me sooner rather than later.

The babies have their supper at 4 pm like old people :) and then the last bottle at 5.30 - 6.00.

Kendra always has her full bottle but Connor sometimes doesn't want it, or he'll only have a bit (75 - 90 ml).

So then he wakes at 10 or 11 pm for a feed which is all fine since I'm still awake.

Earlier this week we had two nights of Connor waking only once at 10 pm and then sleeping through until 5.30. No middle of the night waking up.

Coincidentally Kendra also slept better these nights only waking once, so they DO affect one another's sleep.

I didn't want to jinx things by writing about it on THIS blog but was still excited so when I left a comment on Mommy Esq's blog, I added it in there, foolishly thinking that a comment on someone else's blog doesn't count. See, Mommy Esq has been "encouraging" me to let them cry it out but I'm still being a big baby about it.

And yes, I jinxed it!

The next two nights we had later wakings in the early hours of the morning but at least they were still only once a night.

Being a scientist-type person at heart, I'm looking for cause and effect. He ate lentils and a minced beef casserole those two days. The boy might just go on a permanent diet of lentils and minced beef!

But last night, he woke at 12 and at 4. They both woke at 4 actually. Kendra held her bottle nicely but Connor was being lazy. Of course I was not having that so eventually he "twigged" and held his bottle.

I went back to bed and he was moaning-crying (as if for attention or something else) but I just left him. He usually drinks his bottle, I change nappy if necessary and he goes to sleep IMMEDIATELY. He needs to learn that this new trick of his is not acceptable at 4 am.

It kept me awake for about 15 minutes but eventually tiredness overtook me and I slept until 8.15 this morning. Got to work just after 9. Terrible!

P.S. On the bright side, I arrived together with a guy from legal whose wife just had their 2nd baby (their first born is 19 months - also IVF, but with Medfem) and we were chatting about sleep. He says about the 19-month old, "we consider it a good night if we make it through until 4", so it's not just my kids!