Human beings spend on average one third of our lives asleep

Except me.

Aaron has gone through a sleep regression over the last month. He used to sleep up to 8 hours at night but that changed and he was waking up 3 times a night - 11pm, 2am, 4am. He also was really irritable for a couple weeks so I took him to the doctor hoping it was an ear infection. She said it wasn't and that his night waking was because he was hungry - hmmm. She suggested starting solids.

So I panicked because in the month since his last appointment, he apparently hadn't even gained an ounce. I left the office and went to the grocery store and picked up formula (to supplement) and rice cereal. I tried rice cereal when I got home and he hated it. The more I thought about it I realized that #1 - yes, he probably is hungry, #2 - he isn't ready for solids considering he can't sit up yet (why she didn't recognize that I don't know), and #3 - supplementing with formula was a complete over-reaction.

See lack of sleep makes you process information a lot slower.

So I decided I would forego solids since it doesn't make ANY sense and I would nurse him more. He seems to have gained some weight and he is definitely less grumpy. His sleep seems to have turned the corner a little and he is waking up twice now - between 11pm-12am and then again around 4-5am......

one day I will return to sleeping one third of my life away