On Wednesday night we had some friends over to watch American Idol. Everett's evening routine starts about 6:30 and consists of eat, bath, book, then bed. He goes down to bed right about 8 and doesn't wake up until about midnight. Of course the night we have friends over he wakes up at 9pm and is clearly hungry. "Weird," we think, "he must have just hit this 6 week growth spurt we keep hearing about." So, we fed him and put him back to bed, and I mentally prepared for getting up every hour to feed him. Surprise surprise, he went a record 6.5 hours after that!
Fast forward to Thursday night. He wakes up wanting to eat only 2 hours from his last feeding. "Now," I think, "he has REALLY hit the growth spurt this time. I better get my butt to bed since it's going to be a long night." I awake 7 hours later and the little one is STILL SLEEPING! He went 7.5 hours before he woke up to eat. He beat his record by a full hour!
Kyle and I are starting to wonder if he's cluster feeding at night to prepare for the long night ahead. Could he possibly intuitively know it's night time and be stocking up for the long sleep?? I'm not sure, but after 2 consecutive nights of weird feeding patterns and then record sleep, I'll take it! :)
And now, for a photo to tide you over. I took this at 6 weeks:
1 comment:
Such a CUTE picture of Everett! YAY for his long sleeping stretches. It's great that you know his hunger cues...keep up the great work mama! You're probably right in that he is stocking up before his long night of sleep!
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