Jinx

i fear this post will totally jinx it, but we've had some good luck (?) with sleep lately. D has slept through the night from 8ish pm to 6ish am (or beyond one day) two nights in a row. Guys, i can't tell you how awesome that feels! Additionally, she STTN two nights last week, just not consecutively. This is almost as many nights STTN in the last 2 weeks as we've had in the last 8 months! Actually more.

What's changed? Well, reflux seems better. i can hear her laryngomalacia a bit, but not too much compared to even a month ago. The only thing *we've* changed is that i stopped giving her yogurt because she seemed to spit up more when that happened. She's still had some dairy, though, mostly in the form of cheese, such as in her spaghetti or other pasta, so i'm not sure that's the total problem. The other thing that's changed is that she's lost weight. Perhaps that makes her meds work better, but one wouldn't think it would affect THAT much. Since we changed the food schedule for daycare the last time, D has lost weight because she's eating more solids and less formula, but she seems full and frankly she was a pretty, um, dense baby to begin with, so i'm not going to stress about. (Please don't misread this; we didn't do this on purpose as any sort of weight control, it just happened naturally and she doesn't seem hungry or grumpy or unhappy. She's also more active of course.)

So, who knows if it will last, but we're enjoying it right now! Alan and i have been talking about limiting her night feeds if she DOES wake at night now. Since her reflux is improving (PLEASE let it have finally turned the corner!), i don't feel as badly about withholding night feeds as i did when she was, say, 6 months old and simply couldn't eat enough during the day because of the reflux. So, i think the strategy will be to feed her just a couple of ounces at night if possible, maybe putting 2 oz in a bottle and then mixing 1 oz with 1 oz formula in another bottle, so she (hopefully) falls asleep on less than 3 oz total. i imagine that if i woke up every night at midnight and ate a big midnight snack, i would start relying on that midnight snack every night and wake up for it. i think we're in that spot with D now. So if we can reduce that reliance on nighttime food without using harsh methods, more the better!

What else is going on in life? Well, work is expectedly crazy right now. i've worked late every night until tonight, but i finally got through the March month-end process (a week late! But it's new to me...), so hopefully i'll have some time to actually streamline the daily processes. i'm finally not feeling horribly sick, and looking forward to a weekend in the beautiful weather.