When I drink coffee after 2 or 3 pm Elise wakes up at 1 am and 4 am and kicks us frequently in her attempts to go back to sleep. I am too tired at 4 am to try to put her back to sleep in her bed, especially since she is violently angry at the thought of it and I have to be alert enough to be sneaky.
If I don’t drink coffee in the afternoons and opt for tea, Elise wakes up at 3am or 4am and I can quietly nurse her back to sleep in less than 15 minutes. She stays in her own bed until about 6am or 7am and we can sleep without vicious toes in our skin.
This is the same child with whom I had pre-labor contractions that drove me up a wall until I cut out caffeine around 38 weeks pregnant. Starbucks does not like Elise, or maybe it’s the other way around.
Thoughts I had yesterday:
1) Wow, my younger daughter wakes up much more frequently to nurse and be soothed to sleep than her sister did. It’s more difficult too.
2) Wow, I really need my afternoon coffee hit. I never used to need it this much.
3) (While surfing the internet during naptime): it’s been awhile since I’ve checked the blog of that nice family we seem to have a lot in common with.
Devona, you may have be answer to this family’s prayers! It’s 3:00 pm today and we’re caffiene free so far. Hopefully we’ll all sleep better tonight. Thanks!
I’m glad I could help. I hope you get some ZZZZZs.
I also recently learned that if I give Elise corn we won’t sleep for DAYS! She is violently allergic all of a sudden. Poor thing.