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Friday, November 19, 2004
 
A while ago I posted Annika's typical routine. She's grown a lot since then and her routine has changed a bit. Here is a typical Annika day now:

8:30-9:00 am Wake up and eat and play
10:00-10:30 am Go down for nap
1-2 pm Wake up from 3-4 hour nap, eat and play
3:30pm-4:00pm Go down for nap
5:00 pm Wake up and play
6:00 pm Eat
7:30-8:00 pm Go down for nap
8:30-9:00 pm Wake up, eat and play
10:00-10:30 pm Go to sleep
2:30-3:00 am Wake up to eat, go back to sleep
5:30-6:30 am Wake up to eat, go back to sleep
8:30-9:00 am Wake up and repeat

She still sleeps a lot. I've read babies her age should be awake for about 10 hours a day at this point. She's awake for maybe 8 or so. She's still only awake for a couple hours at a time though and then she needs to sleep again. She does really well at night though. Even though she's not sleeping through the night (5-6 hour stretches of sleep consistently - she does around 4 consistently), she's a very easy baby to put to sleep. At night when she gets tired and it's bedtime, she and I lay down on my bed and nurse. Then I lay her in her basket, put her pacifier in her mouth and she drifts off to sleep. Sometimes if the pacifier falls out, I need to put it back in and it can fall out numerous times before she's in a deep enough sleep to not care. Other times, like last night, I put the pacifier in and she was done for the night. I know Kris and I are lucky to have such a good baby. Then during the night when she wakes, she eats and goes right back to sleep. There's no awake time to play or anything - just eat and sleep. That's good for Mommy, especially when I have to go back to work on Wednesday.

I have to tell you the sweetest thing that she does at night. Sometimes, she gets riled up when the pacifier falls out of her mouth. So, to soothe her, I put the pacifier back in, hold it gently in her mouth with my thumb and put the palm of my hand on her cheek with my fingers in her hair. This calms her down instantly and she usually drifts off to sleep right away. The sweetest part though is that when I put my hand on her, she puts her little tiny hands around my wrist and on my hand and holds me. Of course, I stay like this until she's in a good, deep sleep and then I let go and go to sleep myself. She is just the sweetest little baby! We are so, so lucky!

Posted by Kristina at 11/19/2004 11:52:00 AM



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