9 to 5

The day Reid turned 3 months he started sleeping through the night.  The first night he did this I woke up because I heard him startling, thinking it was the usual 1:00am feeding, NOPE it was 4:00am.

On a side note, I would recommend the Digital/Camera Monitor for any new moms.  It is pricey, but well worth it.  When I hear Reid startling I can look on the camera instead of running into his room everytime.  Almost everytime he puts himself back to sleep and saves me the anxiety of wondering what is going on.

I didn't get too excited knowing that this could be a sporadic thing.  Then night after night I would put him down at around 8:30pm and he wouldn't wake up until 5:00ish.  We even took a weekend trip to the desert and he slept great as well.  We are going on three weeks now and he is doing awesome!  This makes for some VERY HAPPY parents.   At bedtime, before he started sleeping through the night, we were giving him his pacifier and turning on his ocean show.   That was challenging because we constantly had to go in his room to get his pacifier and turn on his show again.  I stopped giving him his pacifier at night because he started putting himself to sleep (woohoo!).  Now we have a routine at night...bath, pjs, and bottle.  He knows it's bedtime and puts himself to sleep fairly quickly.  I am hoping this continues especially when I go back to work in September.  Now we are working on Reid putting himself to sleep during naps and sleeping longer in his crib during the day.  It breaks my heart to hear him cry/scream, but I know it is for the better in the end.

So 9:00pm to 5:00am it is for now....he usually goes back to sleep after I feed him at 5:00am and wakes up around 8:00am.  The greatest thing, that melts my heart every morning, is when I get Reid at 8:00am and he has the BIGGEST SMILE on his face...precious!!

Our little sleeper

Best Digital Monitor!

Good Morning

Precious little smile every morning - Love You! (Nice Hair)