My baby girl turned 7 months November 1. I'm still breastfeeding, and have started giving her three meals everyday like rice cereal, squash, yum and much more. Ndamona sleeps through the night, but wakes up to eat every 2- 3 hours, then go right back to sleep;this is very tiring because I just get one to two hours sleep then baby girl wakes up again, feed her, then it might take me an hour to go back to sleep, by the time I sleep for an hour, she gets up again. I think she is old enough to sleep without eating at night. I don't think she's really hungry, I think it's more of a habit. I could have wait until she turns 9 -12 months to break the habit, but I'm overly tired. It's about time I get my full night sleep. It has been 11 months since I slept for at least 4 hours. Can you believe it? During January of 08, I was put on bed rest and took terbutaline (medicine to reduce the contractions) every 4 hours 24/7 until April. Once the baby arrived, she kept me up all days and all nights long. I started training her since this week Monday, but she kept winning me because I don't want to hear her cry for longer than an hour. I'm determined to see her sleeping without eating at night. Right now I wish for a 5 hour long sleep. Women are the most strong people on earth. When it come deep to it, even if I don't get enough sleep right now its ok, my kids come first and I know the sleepless night won't last forever; before I know it, I'll be asking Ndamona to stay awake to listen to my stories or watch a good movie with me.
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