Since mid September little Miss Avery's night time sleeping pattern had deteriorated. So we decided to start investigating the possible causes. We took polls of the parents with children her age, and most of the good sleepers were not given pacifiers at night. Next came the vote. The Davis family was divided 2 to 1 on whether or not to take away the pacifier at night. Majority won. The first two nights were torture for all involved, but that was followed by several nights of victory. Avery is now sleeping about 6-7 hours uninterrupted, and putting herself back to sleep after that for a few more hours. We are up at 5 am some days for a quick feeding, but that is much easier after some good sleep. Parents and baby are much happier in the mornings these days!
What? Did you think I was referring to another election?
