Sleeping beauty..

We've had a couple of breakthroughs in terms of sleep recently and are just hoping this lasts. Firstly, after a couple of weeks of night time feeds every 1 1/2 to 2 we've both been looking and feeling like new parents again. The health visitor suggested that now it might be an idea to start introducing one formula feed around our bed time to see whether it made Jessamie sleep any longer. Although I was initially reluctant to do this we gave it a try and have had positive results. We decided not to wake her, but to wait until she woke up herself - this has varied from around 10pm to as late as 1.00am. Not only did she take it eagerly, but she took much less time to feed, then settled quickly and for 5 hours the first night and for almost 7 hours last night.

The other major breakthrough we're calling "sleep by bunny" - basically she is now able to sometimes get off to sleep without thrashing around and fighting it when she senses she is going into her cot if we give her a soft toy to cuddle. Her current favourites are her little pink teddy (thanks aunty Sue!) and a bunny hand puppet (thanks to Jo and Alex!). See picture! I'm having particular fun with that one, and feel I might be able to get a job as a children's entertainer. The red cow is still a favourite, but as it has a bell in it its best kept away at bed time!