Night Owl

Sleep. It's one of those things that you don't realise the value of until you lose it.

For the last couple of months, Lily has been a fantastic sleeper. Often she'll sleep from about 8:30 pm right through until 7 in the morning, wake to be fed, then sleep again until 8:30 am. I've been saying we're really lucky, but until last night, I didn't realise just how lucky we were.

Last night was a helluva night! Perhaps we've reached the teething stage? Who knows. All we know is that until 4:00 this morning, Lily would wake within 20 minutes of falling asleep. Eventually we dragged the swing over to the couch, put her in that, and I slept on the couch to the sound Fur Elise playing on the swing. I don't think I ever want to hear that tune again. She let us get a much needed 3 hours' rest.

Fingers are crossed that tonight is better. I don't know how I would function if every night were like our last.