sleep

My daughter USED to sleep through the night....not so much anymore. Now she has been waking up at least once if not twice! Julian blames our pediatrician. She was a little concerned with Eloise not gaining enough weight. Since then, instead of hushing her back to sleep if she woke up at night, I started feeding her. Well, now she is really loving those midnight (and 4 am) snacks. But, I have also heard of the four month old "wakeful" period. Now that she is four months old, she is more interested in the world around her than with eating. I have read that this stage can last up to 6 or 7 months. This totally makes sense. She bobs on and off while eating, too worried that someone or something needs to be watched. She doesn't like to miss out! I am going to try to see if I can get her more focused on eating and see if that makes a difference. If not, I might have to Ferberize this child. I would hate to do it but we all need some more sleep in this house! Maybe I'll start slow with the baby whisperer but something needs to be done before I go back to work (yuck!).