Water torture?

So this weekend we set out to try and get Elias to sleep through the night. Our theory was, every time he woke up we would give him water in his bottle instead of formula. Well, the first night it worked great. He woke up, gave him the water, he fussed for 20 minutes and went back to sleep until the morning. Lo and behold, the next day he slept through the night! Not a small sleep, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. ALL NIGHT! Next night, slept through again. He cheated a little bit since we came back from Carrie & Matt's and he woke up before going down again but still through the night.

Then Sat. came. He woke up at 1:30 a.m., got the water, fussed with Brad for 20 minutes and back to sleep. But this time he slept for only 30 minutes. I always said I would only let him fuss for an hour then I'd relent and give in. He fussed for 57 minutes. Not straight but 57 minutes nonetheless.

I rocked him, gave him water (which he actually drank), he'd fall asleep and then wake up when I tried to put him down. We repeated this scenario several times. Finally he fell asleep and didn't wake up until the morning. The results were good though, he slept through the night again last night. All the way.

We don't' know what to expect tonight, tomorrow or the next night but at least we're heading in the right direction. Hopefully sometime soon we won't have to make bottles at night anymore and Little Man will get his rest. Keep your fingers crossed and wish us luck.

P.S. Check back for burrito baby!

Let the good times roll.

So Elias' rolling over has turned from super cool to making me nervous. He now likes to try and sleep in his side. I usually wait until he's asleep and then I move him onto his back. Well, most of the time he wakes up from this and gives me a whine of disappointment but then goes back to sleep. Last night, from 3 a.m. to 4 a.m., yes I'll repeat that 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. he decided to have a rolling over party in his crib. He wasn't disturbing us but with that video monitor I kept having to look to make sure he wasn't on his side. Twice I went and moved him, also mind you he did a FULL 180 degree turn. Yes his head was facing south when I put him down and when I went into his room later it was facing north. At approximately 4 a.m. he started crying. Well looking at our trusty video monitor we found him on his stomach with an arm outside the crib.

I'm going to call our pediatrician today but does anyone have any experience with this? I feel I shouldn't let him sleep in his side but he seems to SLEEP that way. Any words of wisdom would be great!

No Sleep till Brookfield

Okay, now being back at work the lack of sleep is starting to kill me. It's not like I don't get sleep, I usually head to bed around 10:00 p.m., I don't get continuous sleep. Every night Elias wakes me up around 1:00 a.m. and then again around 4:00 a.m. The first one he eats, the second one his head is usually lodged against the crib rails or his arms and/or legs are dangling outside. Now I completely understand the no one would like to sleep with their head against a rail but jeez, if I could just get one night of sleep.

I tried to train my body a few weeks before I went back to work. I would get up at 6:00 a.m. and not take a nap but there is something about ACTUALLY working that makes you even more tired. The bummer of the situation is that Elias actually sleeps 6-8 hours straight. Yes, SIX to EIGHT hours straight. They're just from 6:30 to 1:30 a.m.

Don't get me wrong, I love the kid more than life itself but could he give a Mom a break. Maybe sleep from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

So I have yet to write a date in his baby book in the slot that says "slept through the night". I know, I know sleeping six hours in a row is considered sleeping through the night, but until I fall asleep at night and don't wake up until the morning, Elias has yet to sleep through the night.

How did everyone else get through this? Do you have any tips, pointers, drugs (ha ha just kidding about the last one) that can help me survive the title of "Working Mom"?