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Well, for Sarah's first two weeks I was trying to be optimistic that her sleep patterns would improve with time. However, now that we are going on three weeks, it looks like her patterns are getting worse rather than better. She still has her days and nights confused-really confused. Her "pattern" consists of falling asleep around 11:00 pm and then waking up around 1:45 am to eat. That would be great except that she then wants to stay wide awake, ready to play, from 2:00 am until at least 6:30 am. During this time we are trying to keep things quiet and dark (which means a boring night for mommy or daddy sitting in the nursery with nothing to do) Eventually as the sun is coming up and we would like to begin our day, she will get so tired and fall fast asleep until about 11:00 am. After eating again at 11:00, she goes back to sleep for a few more hours and continues to doze off and on all day with a couple hours of alert and awake time here and there. Waking her up from a day nap is next to impossible unless she is starving! We love Sarah lots and we are really hoping that one day soon she will figure out that it's more fun to sleep and night and play during the day because mommy and daddy are getting really tired! Other than the sleep issues Sarah is doing great--she is getting bigger and bigger each day and is more alert and "playful" (when she is awake) each day.