Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

We knew it would happen eventually but I never knew it would be this great. Since Memorial Day weekend (about 2 weeks ago), Megan has been pretty consistently sleeping through the night. We had just a few middle-of-the-night feedings this last week, but otherwise she has been doing great. We have been trying to keep Megan on a 9pm bedtime schedule. From there, she will sleep until about 5am, which is 8 hours. She actually started out doing about 9 hours but is settling in at 8. It really works out perfectly for our schedules as that's the time I should be getting up for work anyways. I feed her when she wakes up, change her diaper, put her back to bed and she'll usually sleep for another 2 1/2 - 3 hours. So in an 11-12 hour stretch she'll just wake up just once for food. Sometimes she does stir during the night but generally I have been successful at getting her back to sleep. We probably could try to get her on an earlier bedtime schedule and probably will in the fall, but summertimes are always busy, it stays light for so long at night, and besides, then she'd be up earlier and I know John enjoys sleeping in after closing the store the night before. Early church on Sundays and going to daycare at the grandparents in the morning sometimes makes her crabby since she doesn't get that after-breakfast nap, but we will manage.

As for me, I still haven't figured out how to get more than 6 1/2 of sleep, but it feels so good!