Thanks Anne and Alison for checking in. Hayden was up for a feed at 1:30 during the night. Both DH and I woke at that time with horrendous headaches (maybe a flu starting? we both feel terrible) and in my fog I got so angry that she was up so early (generally when she's up that early, it's a 2 feed night). So I tried to settle her without feeding - to no avail, she quickly escalated into all out screaming and woke Maren up. I gave in and fed her, she fed for 20 minutes and then went back into her crib all smiles and promptly fell asleep. She woke up at 6:30, which is her usual time, so I was super happy that she didn't wake for a second feed.
She'd had such a great day food-wise yesterday, and did seem to get caught up a bit on sleep with that nap in my lap, so I was foolishly hoping she'd STTN. I know I should just let it go, I just can't believe I've gone for so long without a good night's sleep. I know it could be so much worse, I know I have to be patient and wait, but it's hard, especially when Maren slept 7 to 7 at 12 weeks. I keep thinking Hayden should be able to do this, and that she doesn't need the night feed... but then she has a long night feed and sleeps the rest of the night, she's obviously still hungry and I can't get her to increase her daytime calories.
Anyways, I put her down for her first nap after 3.5 hrs A time. She didn't seem to be tired yet, but I didn't want to push it any further. She went to sleep without a peep, so I presume I got it right. We'll see how long this nap goes for.
