Growth spurts

Before Xinyi came along, I didn't know babies went through growth spurts.  During growth spurts, babies become very fussy, want to feed all the time, and either sleep a lot, or not at all.  Xinyi doesn't sleep well during growth spurts.  We went through the three week growth spurt while my mom was still here, so while it was painful, we had a lot of help.  Alas, the six week growth spurt decided to show up last night.  At first, I thought she might have been overstimulated and overtired, but today has been non stop feeding, crying, fussing and repeat.  I found an article that sums up today for me: http://nurshable.com/2012/05/27/six-week-growth-spurt/ 

People always tell you the only consistent thing about babies is that they change.  Xinyi was doing so well!  We had a nice routine going and twice she had even gone 5 hours between feeds!  Five hours!  I told a good friend today that I haven't slept more than 2 or 3 hours straight since December 28th, 2014.  For those two nights where she went five hours between feedings, I got 4 glorious hours of sleep!  And then last night, I was lucky to get 1.5 hours once at the beginning of the night.  Which is very sad to me, because I love my sleep.

Miss fussy pants has struggled through today, and Shane and I have struggled with her.  Fortunately, growth spurts typically last 2-3 days, up to a week.  Either way, sometimes just knowing and accepting something less than ideal is occurring helps with the internal coping mechanisms.  I hope this is a short spurt, but even if it isn't, Xinyi is currently sleeping on me.  And having a tiny sleeping human on you is a pretty incredible feeling.  So I'll cling on to that for now :).