Oh What A Night

It was a banner night in the Casey household. For the first time ever Rowan slept longer than Kieran. As many of you know Kieran has always been the one to sleep 3- 4 hour in a stretch. Well last night after Rowans bottle (mixed with rice cereal as per the doctor), he slept from 8 pm till 3 am. I woke up a little startled at 3 am when he was crying. I just couldn’t believe it. We are not sure if it is the combination of rice in the cereal, the sleep incline and medication he is taking for his acid reflux. But whatever it was we will be following the same routine tonight.

I have to say last night was the first night I could just sit there after he had his bottle and enjoy it. I wasn’t overly tired and could reminisce on how things have changed drastically in the past 2 months. We both agree it is getting easier. Long gone are the 1 hour feedings, the boys can now take a bottle in 10-30 minutes. Rowan being the quickest, he just loves that cereal, who knew. They do seem to be sleeping longer, not waking every 2 hours on the dot. I remember thinking how am I going to get through this, when will the endless feedings and diaper changes all night end. Last night I was a little sad to realize they are growing so fast, more than double their weight and have changed drastically in the past 2 months. I was looking at pictures of the boys and I have a hard time telling them apart. It used to be so easy, but now that Kieran has put on weight is has become more a more difficult.

As I mentioned we used a sleep incline for the first time last night. We placed both boys down slightly apart. When I woke in the morning they were cuddled together. It is just so cute; I love how they gravitate towards one another.