Sleeping thru the night!!!

Yes. It is true!! Our little man is sleeping all night. (ie. 7-8 hours) Mommy and Daddy are soooo excited. It was a long 7 weeks of waking every 2-3 hours throughout the night. But, thanks to the book Babywise, he is on a good schedule now and able to sleep really well.

According to the book, it is important to feed him on a rigid schedule of every 3 hours, even if that means waking him from his nap. This is definitely against everything that is in me, as I believe to "let sleeping babies lie" :), but I went against my grain to try this theory out. I was willing to try it due to the fact that 70-80% of babies can sleep thru the night at 2 months using this method. I figured it was well worth the shot. So, after only one day on this schedule, (eat, play, sleep, repeat) I put him to bed at around 10PM, and low and behold the little stinker slept until 6AM!!! I couldn't believe it. Of course, I had to get up and check his breathing every few hours, so needless to say mommy didn't get too much sleep. That was on January 1st and he has been sleeping like that ever since.

He is such a big boy and growing up too fast. Right now I'm just trying to hang on and enjoy ever moment because it will be gone in a flash. :(