We have sleep. I repeat, we have sleep.

Cormac slept through the night last night. One day shy of his 12-week birthday and he slept all the way from 10 until 7.

At least, I’m pretty sure he did. I know I slept from midnight until seven and didn’t hear a peep. Of course, I was probably comatose from the sleep deficit I have accumulated over the last year (9 months pregnant and three months with a newborn and not a single full night’s sleep in there). But I’m pretty sure he slept all the way through.

Every night when I finally go to bed (sometimes easily, but more typically after a few three hours of tossing and turning) the way I keep myself from crying is to think, Maybe tonight is the night he skips that last feeding. Maybe going to sleep five minutes before he’s likely to get up isn’t as futile as I think it is.

Finally, I was right.

Not only that, but I think through some freaky freak of nature Owen slept in until 9 a.m. That’s a full two hours later than I ask of him and like, three hours later than he was getting up just two weeks ago. Either he really slept until 9 and woke me immediately upon waking, or he woke up at his regular time and played quietly by himself for two hours and then woke me. That thought is a little alarming, but I’ve surveyed the household damage and it’s minimal.

So. Unless I’m dreaming right this second, things are looking up. I’m not sure how one baby can go from three wake-ups in a night to zero, but I won’t question it. There’s no guarantee that this perfect confluence of events will ever, ever repeat themselves, so I’m just going to bask in the warm, more-rested-than-usual aura of it while it lasts.

August 30, 2007 | Filed Under baby, toddler

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4 Responses to “We have sleep. I repeat, we have sleep.”

B on August 30th, 2007 10:12 am

So happy for you. There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep. Nothing.
Beth on August 30th, 2007 10:39 am

Woo hoo! That’s something to celebrate!
Kim on August 30th, 2007 1:00 pm

Awesomeness! Congratulations!
LetterB on September 2nd, 2007 8:24 pm

Thank you little baby Jesus! Grinning from ear to ear for you.