Sleep Training

So the day finally arrived. We started sleep training this past Friday.  Before you get all judgy (no, that's not a word but it sounds like it could be), Jeff and I were starting to lose it after 6 months of constantly getting up. I knew I would be sleep deprived having a baby, but getting up 5, 10, sometimes 15 or 20 times per night is not healthy for anyone. Especially when it's night after night after night after night. Jeff and I feel like walking zombies.  The goal of sleep training is to teach babies to return to sleep when they lightly wake up through out the night.

On Friday, Adam's crib was moved into his own room. We did his night time routine like normal, naked time and lotion for his eczema, nursed him in the glider in his room, put him in his sleep sack, and then placed him in his crib without his pacifier. I was expecting lots of tears.  Nope. Very anticlimactic. He just rolled onto his side and fell asleep. He woke up and cried later in the night, and then he cried, fussed, and slept on and off for 2 hours with Jeff checking on him every so often.  But after those two hours he fell back into a deep sleep. I fed him at the designated times, but he had to be asleep when I fed him so that he no longer associates crying and eating. Not that eating at night is a bad thing, but often at night he uses me as a pacifier to fall back asleep. Little Dude woke up at 7:30 in the morning all smiles.

Knock on wood, but so far he's done very well.  He now goes to sleep without crying and only slightly wakes up when I feed him.  And Jeff and I are getting WAY more continuous sleep than ever before.

Adam had his 6 month appointment today. My big little boy is 17 lbs 4 oz and 27.75 inches. He is in the 75th percentile for height and 50th percentile for weight. His head is still measuring in the 95th percentile ;)

On a lighter note, it's now October and it's ok to wear Halloween outfits!