memo

Dear Baby Boy,

Thank you so much for working on sleeping in longer stretches. The 4 or 5 hour stretch per night that you are regularly blessing us with does not go unnoticed. Feel free to experiment more with the 6 hour stretch. Even 7...seriously - go for it! Now I just want to clarify one thing because I think there may have been a slight misunderstanding. When we talk about "4-5 hours" as a goal, we don't mean that you should ONLY sleep 4-5 hours per night - we were really emphasizing the idea of 4-5 UNINTERRUPTED hours. I know this can be confusing and you're still so new to all this. I should have explained it better before. So tonight, try this: sleep 4 or 5 hours and then after you wake up and eat, GO BACK TO SLEEP for a couple more hours. I know it sounds crazy but we've heard that babies all around the world - yes, babies your age and even younger often do this. It's just that your mom isn't quite ready to start the day at 2:30 am. She would benefit from a couple more hours of sleep since naps aren't allowed at her workplace. Just something for you to consider...

love,
your mama

p.s. Your smile still delights me at 2:30 am.