Sleeeeeeep

It's 3:45 in the morning and I could be sleeping because little Theo is. Many of you know about our sleeping troubles. They started when Theo was 2 months old. It was a cough we couldn't figure out. Finally, at 3 months, we realized it was reflux and he began taking medicine. He slept okay for a month and then at 4 months we really hit a rough patch. Many nights since then he's woken up every hour or two. During Thanksgiving we decided to tackle some issues. We got him out of the car seat and stopped walking or nursing him to sleep. He was doing a great job of falling asleep on his own, but he wouldn't stay asleep. He would startle every thirty to ninety minutes. So, I called our pediatric clinic for help and they sent me to the sleep clinic. Over the phone I described Theo's pattern and the consultant said, "It sounds like reflux." I then explained about his reflux and the medicine he's been taking. She told me he should try a different 'better' medicine. So, last Saturday Theo started a new medicine. Last week Theo also started rolling on to his stomach while sleeping. At first, he wasn't so thrilled about being on his tummy. He's still not able to roll from front to back, but over the last week he's gotten a lot more comfortable about being stuck on his belly and our boy is sleeping. The past two nights he's only woken up 3 times. That may seem like a lot, but it's far less then the 6-8 times we've been dealing with. So, we're hoping his good sleep continues. Hurrah! Now, I'll have to start retraining myself to sleep through the night!