Matthew has always been a great sleeper. When we first brought him home from the hospital, he would sleep during the night and I would have to wake him to feed him. After a couple of weeks, we got the go ahead from the doctor to let him sleep as long as he wants at night, he was growing just fine. So we did.
He was sleeping 3 hours, then 4, then 5, sometimes even 6! By 2 months old, he was settling very nicely into a pattern of going to sleep around 10pm and not waking up until sometime around 5am. I was loving this and we were counting ourselves very lucky that we had a baby who liked his sleep. I didn't even mind being woken up at that hour, because truth be told, I kinda missed him a little bit and it was nice to have a little Matthew fix in the middle of the night.
Well, his sleeping patterns seem to be changing again, and this time it is not better. Shortly after his 4 month birthday (in fact, on the day of) he went to bed as normal at 10, but he woke up at midnight, then again at 3am, then again at 6am and again at 8am! What was this all about? I chalked it up to just a bad night. But then he did it again the next night! Within a couple of nights, he had a new pattern of waking up at 3 am and then 6am.
I know that I shouldn't complain, because I've had it so good so far and some parents would probably die to have even his new schedule. But I got used to having a baby and still getting some sleep and I liked it. Hopefully it is just a growth spurt and we'll get back to normal soon.
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