What a difference 3 degrees makes...
To say John hasn’t been sleeping well lately is a bit of an understatement.
He’s been sleeping terribly. Therefore, I’ve been sleeping terribly.
He had decreased his average amount of sleep per day by more than 4 hours and was waking up at night at 1, 3, and 5 (5:30 if I was lucky!). I put him in our bed and he’d wake up more frequently, full of milk yet unhappy. He went from three naps to one, and a short one at that. He started getting anxious if I left the room and people stopped making comments about how I had the most well tempered baby they ever met.
Then, Saturday night, I said, “I can’t take this any more!” I read a pep talk about mothering and I turned up the thermostat by 3 degrees. We don’t even pay for heat, but I feel like I shouldn’t be wasteful, so I was keeping the thermostat at a temperature were I would be comfortable in a sweater. Maybe John wasn't quite so comfortable despite all his layers and footed pajamas.
Now, John is sleeping well again. (Too well, some might say. He’s consistently sleeping through the night... by “consistently” I mean three nights in a row.) He is taking a two hour nap as well as two forty-five minute naps. He follows me around the house instead of crying when I leave the room.
I think the extra heat is worth it.
He’s been sleeping terribly. Therefore, I’ve been sleeping terribly.
He had decreased his average amount of sleep per day by more than 4 hours and was waking up at night at 1, 3, and 5 (5:30 if I was lucky!). I put him in our bed and he’d wake up more frequently, full of milk yet unhappy. He went from three naps to one, and a short one at that. He started getting anxious if I left the room and people stopped making comments about how I had the most well tempered baby they ever met.
Then, Saturday night, I said, “I can’t take this any more!” I read a pep talk about mothering and I turned up the thermostat by 3 degrees. We don’t even pay for heat, but I feel like I shouldn’t be wasteful, so I was keeping the thermostat at a temperature were I would be comfortable in a sweater. Maybe John wasn't quite so comfortable despite all his layers and footed pajamas.
Now, John is sleeping well again. (Too well, some might say. He’s consistently sleeping through the night... by “consistently” I mean three nights in a row.) He is taking a two hour nap as well as two forty-five minute naps. He follows me around the house instead of crying when I leave the room.
I think the extra heat is worth it.
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