Sleeping Through the Night

By far one of the hardest adjustments in motherhood for me was getting use to sleep deprivation. I am one who needs 8+ hours of sleep each night. Well, that surely changed once Evie was born. My body gradually adjusted to sleeping and waking every two hours in the night. As Evie grew older, she started increasing time between feedings at night. First I dropped her middle of the night feeding, so she would eat at 10pm and wake up again between 2am and 4am for an early morning feed. Then she would wake for the day at 7:30. Now I am proud to report that for three days in a row Evie has gone up to 10 hours between eating! Her last feeding is now around 8pm and goes all the way until 6am to eat again! When Evie was first born I thought this day would never come! Well, it has come and in plenty of time before I return to work!