A wonderful thing happened a couple weeks ago. It all started with me having a day where I felt somewhat energetic for the first time in weeks. So I decided to attack my kitchen which had only had maintenance cleaning since I got pregnant and scrubbed all the cabinets and my china that is on display in the kitchen. Somehow in all the climbing up and down while doing all that I pulled a muscle in my hip and by evening was just hobbling around. When it was time for bed I could barely get myself in bed and realized there was no way I was going to be able to lift Caroline in with me to nurse her in the middle of the night. We had already cut back to only one feeding a night. She usually got up about three times, but the other times I would just tuck her back in and tell her it was "sleepy time". So that night she was told it was "sleepy time" every time she got up. Much to my surprise she took it fine and went right back to sleep. The next night was more of a challenge with her up every hour, but I chose not to feed her not wanting to lose the ground I'd gained the night before. And since we made it through that one rough night she has woken maybe once a night and is easy to settle back down. Many of those nights she has slept all the way through till morning! I can't tell you how wonderful it is to go to bed knowing that I shouldn't have to get up again till morning! Bliss....And, yeah, I know, it's only for a few months, but let me enjoy it while it lasts :-). Oh, and my hip was fine within a couple days so all ended well :-).
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