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[liralen]

So now I know why Jet had such trouble sleeping the first night of his cold. My throat just hurt really badly, and the fever was hot enough that I had to throw off blankets for a while, and then I mostly just lay in bed and ached. John was a sweetie and moved out onto the couch when he snoring started to really bother me, because with how awful I felt it was a really fine line between being awake and being asleep.

Jet was even sweeter, he only got up at 12:30 and then stayed asleep until 7:30 this morning. With all the nose clearing, diaper checking and all that when he gets up at night, I could actually see this as fine aversion training for him to get up at night. Who would want saline stuck in their nose and suction applied with a bulb syringe in the middle of the night? I heard him cough or sneeze a few times all night, but he put himself back to sleep quite handily. At 7:30, I was so full of milk, when I heard him sneeze and grumble gently, I went upstairs to find him shaking his head as he started waking up and I just picked him up and fed him in his room.

Now I know why cows go into the barns, themselves, to get milked, too. I'm not sure how other breastfeeding moms actually sleep through the whole night. I end up in a puddle of milk after just 7 hours.

So I'm drinking huge amounts of tea, and my nose is a complete disaster area, but my brain's mostly clear and I'm plowing through work stuff like crazy. Whew. Yay!

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Moooooo

[silkiemom.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, our bodies adapt and fix the supply and demand thing. Bobby went from waking up every few hours to sleeping ten hours straight overnight. When I woke up in the morning, I was so full of milk that it hurt! But it went away in a day or two. So, hopefully you'll be able to start enjoying that (mostly) Uninterrupted Sleep thing that's so popular. :)

Re: Moooooo

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Whew!! Okay. A day or two I can take. That is very useful to know. Wow, that is quite the abrupt change. I heard from another friend where they were so used to getting up every three hours that one morning, when they woke up and realized that they hadn't gotten up all night, they rushed into their baby's room to see if he was alive. Poor thing was sleeping soundly until they rushed in. So it can be that sudden! Thank you!! Yeah, that Uninterrupted Sleep thing seems to be really popular... and last night Jet went from 9 til about 4 before waking up to hack, cough, and then nurse. So he's really going a lot longer. Yay!

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!