Sleep training!!

I must say, sleep training a baby is freakin amazing!!!

I wouldn't say I really did it, I do feel like my son 'learned' to sleep in a way.

I started putting him in his bed when he was tired,(only at nap time) about 3 weeks ago. He would play and fuss a little and just when he was about to cry I would pick him up and feed him. About 2 weeks ago I started giving him his paci when he would start crying, as a comfort. Well last tues. I put him down as I have normally done, about 9am, and he fussed for about 10 min, then gave him his paci, and he was out like burned out light bulb! Then thurs. we came to bed for nap, and this time it only took 5 min. Since then it takes about 10-20min of playing/fussing before he is napping.

To my giant surprise, Saturday night, we get ready for bed, do our nightly ritual. I put him to feed and he was playing and not wanting to eat. So I put him down in his bed thinking he was going to fuss it out, tried the paci, thinking he would start crying and want to eat again to go to sleep, but NO!!! He was out within 5 min and I was just in shock. I kept waiting for him to wake up but after an hour I knew he would be out for another 2-3 hours at least since this was bed time.

I would like to thank God, for giving me the patience I needed in consistantly putting him down for a nap! And I would like to thank my Son!! He is learning good habits and continues to amaze me and dazzle me!! He has a bit of trouble during the night 'self soothing' but I'm ok with that and I'm just super glad I'm still able to breastfeed during those times. This last week he has been sleeping between 4-5 hours, then waking up every two hours to eat. So bed time is at 8, he is asleep by 830pm, wakes up around 1130 or 1230am, eats, goes right back to sleep, up at 2, eats, sleeps, up at 4, eats, sleeps, up about 530 or 6 depending on how loud daddy is getting ready for PT.

So all this to say, I'm super super glad his sleep regression only lasted 2 months and he is now getting into better sleep habits. I'm not really looking forward to his teeth actually coming in, because then I know he will be sleeping all crazy again, but I know with some prayer, support and love we can both get through this and everything will be a-ok!!!