Dee and Rayray: same sleep pattern here. Long morning sleep, reasonable first afternoon nap and after that... anyone's guess. We then go to bed at around 9-9:30.

Currently, he is either sleeping in his swing or sleeping with me at night. He's pretty good at both so I don't feel like "training" him to do anything else. I do wonder, though, will these habits come back to bite me you-know-where.

At night, he is nursing to sleep -- does that mean he'll never learn to go to sleep by himself at night? At night, he wakes up once after 3-4 hours, and then each two and a half hours. Then, around 5-6a, we have a pooping crisis! Grunt-turn-red-grunt-can't-poop-more-grunt! I place him semi-upright on my tummy, with his back on my bent knees. (That position was a life-saver. Before I figured that out, it would take him an hour or two trying to poop. I put him semi-reclined like that and he poops within 10 minutes). Then he sleeps another two - two and a half hours. Then we're up!

I get enough sleep but this routine depends on me staying home and his swing being available. I can keep this up for a few more months but eventually he will have part-time day care... And next year, even more day-care!

I will maybe try swaddling one more time.

Paragard is copper only; mirena has hormones. I was told one could use either and that the hormone one was safe for breast-feeding. I opted for the copper anyway. I would have felt comfortable with either one if I didn't have a choice...