This apparently is not a season in my life where I get much time to blog. But that is OK because my little guy is growing bigger every day and one day I will be able to blog all the time but I won't have sweet (and sometimes not so sweet...) little ones wanting me to play or hold them. I am not really looking forward to that day!
Dalton got two teeth this week and thanks to a week of mommy/baby sleep bootcamp he is taking regular naps and sleeping better at night. So thankful for that! We were all on the edge of insanity until this week. Nobody... mommies, daddies, babies or their siblings were meant to survive on no sleep. What did boot camp entail? Well, it didn't involve plain 'ole cry it out because I don't like that method...though everyone and their cat told me that is what I needed to do, but it did involve some crying. Instead of just letting him scream, we started a consistent wake time and bed time and the rest fell into place pretty easily. Honestly, it was so easy that I feel like an idiot for just figuring this out on baby #4. We need to have another baby just so I can enjoy a baby that sleeps normally from the get go. Seems instead we have always "disordered" them at about 4 months of age which I have learned is the age parent can start to have an impact, positive or negative, on real sleeping skills. (see Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child for more details.)
Oh, and if anyone notices the day and time that I am posting....yes it is Sunday, and yes I am home skipping church...because Dalton is napping. :) B and the rest of the crew are at church though.
2 comments:
YAY for napping/sleeping schedules I am glad you figured it out so much earlier than we did- Brittin finally slept through the night at nine months old- talk about insanity! I am sure you enjoyed the few quiet moments alone in the house with just a napping baby. I am sure in a few weeks, when the the schedule is down pat, yall can get right back at church with the rest of the gang.
Glad to see you post something- I can't believe how big Dalton is. Wasn't he born yesterday? I guess time flies regardless of if we want it to or not...
Hope you see you soon!
Hi back! I come to your blog occasionally too, but you don't post! I don't have facebook, so feel out of it!! Things are good here. I is growing. We are still getting up once at night- sometimes two times. He was 12 weeks this week. He is very sweet and brings much joy to us and the sibs. We are headed out this week to GA for a conference and then to SC to show baby off to both sets of gparents. Hope things are well with you guy! Congrats on the sleep!!
Caroline
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