I thought I'd do a little update on our sleeping situation... I've spent the past week getting The Daughter accustomed to her room and the full-sized bed that exists in there. She definitely seems to sleep much better when she has a lot more room. She is doing remarkably better...only waking up 4 times a night instead of every hour. Sometimes she even only wakes up 3 times a night. The other thing that is markedly different is that she isn't nursing as long during the night... she drifts back to sleep and releases and turns over instead of nursing for extended periods.

So, I never thought I'd say it because I absolutely love the family bed and co-sleeping with The Son was so different than the experience with The Daughter but... I'm really enjoying getting into bed every evening without rails, without worrying about where the blankets are, where the pillows are, if I'm making too much noise, if I'm moving a hair while in bed. I am loving being able to get in bed and read my book for awhile. I'm loving being able to snuggle with my husband for a few minutes.

The Daughter seems to have a sixth sense when I actually turn out the light to go to sleep though and she usually wakes right as I'm drifting off. I get up, I go into her room, lay down with her and nurse her and try to come back to my own bed to fall asleep next to my husband. The next time she wakes I go into her room and stay there until morning. It seems to be working fairly well for everyone and we're all getting more sleep. I would still just love to actually get more than 3 hours of straight sleep one day... I know it will happen... right?