Today you are 4.75 months old and I can't believe how much you have grown and how many firsts we have experienced together. Well, last night was yet another first.
As I have written before - your sleep has not been great since you turned 3 months old. You have fought to stay asleep during the night and when you woke the only thing that would soothe you back to sleep was nursing. But, with me working full time you were making me a very tired Mommy.
But your Daddy and I figured that you would sleep on your own when you were ready and we were not going to push you and fight what you weren't ready for. Well, about a week ago you started wanting to go to bed earlier than your Daddy and I were ready for. So, I started putting you to bed in your crib. You would sleep until 11pm or so and then we would move you into our room for the remainder of the night.
Well, this past Monday night you had a terrible night and I noticed that your hands kept going to your face and that after a few minutes of this was when you woke up. So, I decided that while you were teething (which you are now - I can see the little white bumps again) you would be back in a swaddle. Therefore, Tuesday night (your Grandma Mary's brithday) I nursed you, took you upstairs to change your diaper, swaddled you, nursed you for a few more minutes and then put you in your crib propped on the Boppy pillow (you still need the incline due to reflux). I had also bought you a sound machine/projector to help drown out the noises downstairs and those we made coming up to bed. I put you down drowsy and went downstairs.
You fussed a few times before falling asleep but you did not need much comforting (just a binky re-insert) before you were out cold. When we came upstairs at 11pm you did not wake up and so I left you to sleep in your crib. You slept until 3:30am!!!! At that time I brought you into our room and nursed you before putting you back down in the co-sleeper where you fussed a bit and then fell asleep until 6:30am. I then pulled you into bed for snuggles and you fell asleep again!
Knowing this last night I made some changes to your room yesterday afternoon in preparation for last night. I moved your rocker into your bedroom and took your activity mat and put it in our room (you will eventually have a little play corner in there for when we shower since it's further from the stairs than your room). The rocker doesn't leave much space in your room for any playing so its a good thing that Mom and Dad have a space in their room for you! Here are the new pictures of your room.
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| The big boy bed in your room with Mom's Cabbage Patch Kid - Clinton saving you a spot. |
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| See your new shelf? There is one on each side of the window! |
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| And here is your rocker in your room with your quilt on the back. Your camera and sound machine live on this shelf. When you get a little bigger I will have to adhere the cables to the wall so that you can't pull on them. |
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| Because we moved your rocker into your room - Hunter's bed got moved to the other side of your crib. See him sleeping there? |
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| This side hasn't really changed other than we are using your bassinet to hold your large stuffed animal collection. Pretty soon we won't have room for anymore! |
I am so proud of you my little man for spending your first full night in your room. While I am proud of you it also is sad because it means that you are growing bigger and soon you wil be off to college (well - not really but that's how Mommies feel sometimes!).
I love you little man.
xoxo
Mom
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