SNOWING! In March!

This morning it was snowing. SNOW!?! In March!?! I guess it isn't all that uncommon in New Hampshire. But after living in Arizona for four years I guess I'm still surprised by how long a New Hampshire winter can actually be. But honestly it isn't bothering me that much. I mean, kind of, but not as much as it could have. Why? you might ask. I will tell you: SOPHIA SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT! And the joy of that overshadows any disappointment I might feel because of the snow.

I rolled over this morning wondering what time it was and in my bleary haze realized that Sophia had not woken up, not since I put her down at 8:30pm. I was tempted to look at my watch but I didn't. I thought if I did it would only be 1:30am and I'd be disappointed and then I might jinks myself and she might wake up. I rolled to my other side and fell back to sleep for another half-hour or so. When I woke again I did check my watch: 6:04am. SCORE! She slept through the night! I got up to check on her. Leaning over her crib, her breathing was so shallow I could barely hear it. I put my hand on her chest and felt it rise and fall. She was OK. I crawled back into bed thinking I'd get more sleep until she woke up. But I couldn't fall asleep; I felt wired and wide awake. Sleep-overload I guess.

We did things a little different yesterday. I fed her on both sides at each feeding. We had been on single side feedings since she was six weeks old. I switch to the single-side feedings because she was experience extreme gassiness and what seemed to be reflux. Turns out it was lactose-overload due to overfeeding and my oversupply. When I made the switch at six weeks she became a much happier baby, the fussiness went away, she started going down at night much more easily and was staying asleep for 6 and 7 hour stretches. We've continued with that up until now. I guess at her size now, at fifteen weeks, she needs more.

So during the day yesterday she ate on both sides or each feeding. Then in the evening we did a cluster feed (at the suggestion of a friend). So I fed her at 5:30pm, 7pm and then again at 8:15pm before I put her to bed at 8:30pm. She woke up at 9:28pm and fussed on and off for 20 minutes. I didn't go in at all and just let her put herself back to sleep; she did and didn't wake up again until 6:30am this morning. Ahhhhh, sweet bliss of uninterrupted sleep.

With all this extra energy from my overload of sleep I plan to go to the gym and do a speed workout to celebrate. The gym, I know! But who wants to run outside when it is SNOWING!?! In March!?!