He Sleeps....

Another big mile stone for my little prince!
You started sleeping through the NIGHT!!!! YAY. It couldn't have come at a better time, mommy and you really needed to start getting some good sleep through the night.
You had been sleeping in our bed since you were born. I LOVED snuggling you at night and feeling you breathe on me, I love your smell and warm touch, I LOVE to feel you next to me so little and precious. BUT night started to be harder and you were not sleeping well at all, waking up every hour, tossing and turning and being fussy. During the day I could tell you hadn't gotten enough sleeping. Nap times started to be the same way, you were just overly tiered that you could settle down and relax and get in a good sleep state.

At your 6 month check up i asked the doctor how many hours of sleep you should be getting and it was about 15 to 18 hours a day, you were only getting about 10 to 12 hours. He told me maybe I should start sleep training you, and that it would not be easy and some kids take longer then others.
Sleep training consisted of basically letting you "cry it out" and "reassurance".
I was not sure I could do that, but he said if I start it to make sure I stick with it other wise it will never work, If i start and stop and then try to start again it would be really hard on us both so to make sure i was ready to stick with it for sure.

I started that night.

I changed my night time routine with you.

1. bath time

2. good lotion rub down

3. feed you your bottle in the rocking chair out side of your room

4. laid you down awake in the crib

5. turned on my app that had ambient sounds on it (heat beat and fan together)

6. turned off the light and gave you kisses and told you i loved you a few times and to have a good sleep.

7. gave you a binki (you don't like them but you will suck on it for a few minutes for sleeping times).

8. walked out of the room and shout the door (it was cracked open)

The first night you were sad that i was not laying by you to help you sleep, you cried (not hard, just a wimper) for about 20 min (really hard for me to hear and not do anything but sit by your room) and then fell asleep, you woke up a few times but i let you cray it out and you only cried for about 4 min the few times you woke up. The next night got better and you cried for about 10 min and went to sleep only waking up once during the night and cried for about 3 or 4 min and wend back to sleep. The third night you cried for about 2 min and then fell asleep on your own and didn't wake up during the night. The next 3 or 4 nights you didn't even cry when we put you in bed and you didn't wake up at all during the night!!!

We are 10 days into this and you are doing sooo great. you know when you are laid in your crib that it's time for a nap or bedtime, sometimes you fuss for a minute or two but then you drift off to sleep, most of the time you don't make a peep and just put your self to sleep. its so nice that you learned so fast and you are so much happier during the day now that you actually get the amount of sleep your little body needs!