Noah has always been a great sleeper. He started sleeping all night at 6 weeks old, and was sleeping in his own bed at 8 weeks. The only time he ever wakes up in the night is when he is sick. About a month ago, Noah started waking up in the middle of the night frantically calling, "Momma!! Momma!" When my grandmother passed away we spend an entire week on the road hopping from relative to relative. This reinforced the interrupted sleep pattern that he had formed. When we returned home, he learned how to open door knobs. His frantic habits became panic for me! One night, he left his room and fell asleep in my floor. When I woke up to feed Anna, I did not see him. I checked in his room and he wasn't there. Needless to say, I panicked!!
While all of this was happening in Noah's world, Anna started waking up in the middle of the night wanting a bottle. I went to Moments for Moms on Nov 4th. While I was there, Leigh Ann brought up that while her daughter was having nightmares, she started playing Amazing grace on repeat while her daughter was sleeping to prevent the nightmares. Immediately, I knew this was more than Noah going through a phase! This was a direct attack from the enemy. Last Friday I prayed over Noah, his dreams, and his room. I played Jesus loves Me on repeat all night, and PRAISE GOD he slept soundly the entire night. I have repeated this each night, and tomorrow will be 1 week of no waking up!
I am so thankful to have godly moms around me to encourage me and to give me advice. I am so thankful that God is faithful. I know that a month of sleepless nights is a far cry from being in a "valley" however with other circumstances involved, I must say that the song Blessings by Laura Story fit perfectly to what God has been doing in my life.
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