Hi everyone
I've been reading, but haven't had much time to post the last few days. My husband has been away all week in business and was back early this morning. Luckily I have the best mum in the world, who came and stayed for 3 of the nights and looked after J in her room. I have had 2 consecutive whole nights sleep! I feel on top of the world. It's amazing what a difference it makes, only just over a week ago I was so anxious and worried about PND, but it was all sleep related.
J hasn't had any problems sleeping like most of the babies, but he's never slept through so maybe he won't regress? When we were on the comfort formula he started getting later and later with his night feed and I wondered if he might drop it, but he never did and when we went over to the Hipp milk he got earlier with it. He obviously needs it. He sleeps well between feeds though, only getting restless when he goes into his light sleep in the eary morning at 5ish (just like you say, Nat).
We went to a cranio sacral therapist yesterday. J had 3 sessions with a cranial osteopath in the first few weeks, but I didn't notice much improvement and he's developed quite a flat head. The cranio sacral therapist was recommended to me by a couple of people I trusted so I thought give it another go. This one is also a midwife and she charges so little compared to the first one - an hour for less than I paid for half and hour with the other! She was amazing too - we talked over all of our history, like the IVF and birth and she explained why it was all relevant (for example, the way J lay in my womb has affected the bone structure in his head). I found it so therapeutic too. She treated J and he was fine with most of it, but he cried so long at the end, which she said was normal and he was just releasing emotion. It sounds so hippy like, but later that evening he was so calm - he took all of his bottle before bed and went to sleep so heavy in my arms smiling. He slept very well last night as well for my mum. We're going back for a session next week.
Looks like he's woken from his nap now, so I'd better go get the shopping. DH is napping after his overnight flight and then he'll spend some time chilling with J while I do my long run. I have my first race in over a year in a couple of weeks.
Hope you all get some rest and enjoy your weekends
xxx