Worst Day = Best Night

AmyP4383

So last night after I put Daniel to bed at 10pm, I started writing a post about what had been a terrible day, but stopped bc I was depressing myself. DH is out of town on business and my dad and stepmom insisted I spend the day by them so I could rest. BUT Daniel was in in a new place and was overwhelmed with another baby and new toys stepmom watches 8 mo old nephew everyday so basically screamed his head off from 24pm, only stopping to suck down a bottle and I got NO rest. Eventually he fell asleep in my arms for about 45mins but it was a far cry from my baby who normal takes a 2 hr nap in the middle of the day plus all his cat naps.
So I brought him home after dinner and my sweet smiley happy boy was wide awake. Took an hour to put him down but at 10pm he was asleep. I called DH in tears bc what was suppose to be a restful afternoon was more aggravating than helpful especially bc stepmom could not understand why I wouldn't just go to sleep but there was no way I could fall asleep in next room with my child screaming. He has been on a 9/10pm bedtime, 3/4amwake up, 6/7am wake up routine for weeks. But after our terrible day, he was down by 10am and didn't wake until 530, and is back down again!!! So much for sleep begets sleep... Not sure if it will happen again but it was amazing!!! even with the leaky giant boobs

JoNi2010

Good for you!  My LO was fussy all day yesterday and same as yours, finally went to sleep at around 11pm and did not wake until 5am.  I don't think I had that long of stretch of sleep in SOOOO long!!  And the giant hard leaky boobs are totally worth it for that extra sleep!

DottyBlue

The inverse is also true... My DS finally took some decent naps yesterday for the first time in weeks, and then decided 3 am was a perfectly acceptable time to get up for the day!

Glad you were able to get the break you needed!