Getting better

Well I have listened to all the advice and things seem to be getting better. I think that part of the problem is that she isn't getting good naps during the day. We are working on this but unsure how to correct it. She goes to sleep easy. We have never had a problem getting her to nap or to go to bed at night. The problem is that she doesn't nap long and is awake and won't go back to sleep. Yesterday she had an afternoon nap that lasted an hour though and that was better. Today she had 2 morning naps -one planned and one impromptu on her play mat- that lasted about half an hour each. Then she had an afternoon one that was 1 1/2 hours so I am hoping that is a good sign. Another part of the problem at night is that she is hungry when she wakes up. For some reason I never clued into why. It took a good friend who listens about what is wrong with her to notice. Lauren has very high metabolism. We know this by how fast her meds would go through her and by how much food it took to get her to gain weight. Of course it makes sense that she is waking up at night to eat cause she doesn't get enough normal food to get her through and it is known that breast milk doesn't last as long as say formula. Now that I know this I feel much better. Last night was better too. She woke only at 12:30 and 4. She did wake at 6 but there was so much noise going on outside I think that woke her up. She just wanted a quick cuddle then and went back to sleep. We don't co sleep as Tony is very against this so I honor his wishes. There have been problems in his family with this and he is terrified of anything happening to Lauren. I do bring her to bed occasionally once he has left for work and it doesn't make her sleep any better but I have learned to feed her laying down and can fall asleep that way which is nice. I do plan to stop swaddling her soon. I have some sleep sacks coming in the mail and once they are here I will use them. She moves around so much at night if I didn't have them she would be kicking off her blankets. One of my friends that I know form in the states from my grief and loss boards is making them for me and she mailed them this week so I should have them next week. I think she is ready to be unswaddled I just want to make sure she is warm enough. I think once she is on more foods than just the little bit of rice cereal it will make a difference. With the weekend coming I know I can get some more sleep. Tony has been so busy on weekends lately and then he was sick he wasn't much help. This weekend we don't have early plans. That means that he gets up with her in the morning and I get to sleep another 2-3 hours depending on how long till she wants to eat. I am definitely looking forward to that.
So Thank-You everyone for the advice. It made me feel a bit better that I wasn't the only one. I will keep working at it as I know that it will get better.

On another note I did get my H1N1 shot and feel fine. Lauren hasn't got hers yet as she can't have the adjunct in it. I will get hers though as not only is she a baby and at risk but she has other risks as well. She has been vented so many times already I wouldn't want her to have it again. With the H1N1 flu part of it is fevers and a fever for Lauren could cause more seizures and can kill her so to me this is really important for her to have it. I won't keep her in a bubble all her life when it comes to colds and stuff as I know kids get them and they should at times in there life. A fever though that I can prevent I will as I just don't want to go through what we did again.