Now I know why I didn't try this transition sooner - I don't operate too well when I don't get enough sleep. L.H. loooooooooves her new sleep area (I made it very fun for her). The problem is that she doesn't sleep through the night and never has. When she was in my bed that didn't bother me so much since I just had to wake up enough to get her started nursing and then I could fall asleep again. Now, though, her nighttime wakings involve me getting up, going to her bed to nurse, staying awake until she's finished and back asleep, and then somehow crawling back into my (now cold) bed and falling back asleep. Even if this entire process only takes 10 minutes, it's still very annoying and really breaks up my night. Some days now I feel like a zombies, and I am drinking caffeinated coffee every day - if not twice a day.
I know that the smart approach might be to try to night wean her and somehow teach her to sleep through the night, but I'm also not so sure about that. What if she's not ready? Not all people are wired to sleep through the night until later. What if she really does need those extra feedings because she's too distracted to eat properly during the day?
I know that I can't live off of caffeine forever and that I need to find some solution so that everyone gets proper sleep. On the other hand, I also don't want to force L.H. into something that she's not ready for. Sometimes it's hard to find the proper balance between the two, and I know that she is looking to me, as the parent, to make the right decisions for her. I just hope that I can find a solution that will make all of us happy and well-rested.
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