Keeping my fingers crossed…
March 11, 2009
Xander decided Parker needed "guys" to sleep with...
Sunday night and Monday night Parker slept through the night. He didn’t wake up to eat in the middle of the night! We fed him before we went to sleep (about 10pm) and then I woke him to eat in the morning (about 6am). This is very encouraging and good timing, as this is Zach’s last week of paternity leave. If Parker can keep up this schedule, we could all be getting a relatively solid night of sleep very soon! Parker is a rather noisy sleeper – he grunts and squeaks his way through the night, which makes it difficult for me to sleep in the same room with him – I’m always waking up thinking he’s about to cry or fuss, even when he doesn’t.
With Xander and now with Parker, Zach or I have slept in the nursery with the baby while we were on maternity/paternity leave. This meant that the baby got immediate attention in the middle of the night, and that whoever was working was able to get a full night’s rest. With Xander, he continued to sleep in our room. I’m hopeful that with Parker, we will soon be able to put him to sleep in the nursery by himself, and that he will sleep through the night on his own. I know it’s a big step for a 2 month old, but his current sleeping habits have made me hopeful, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed…
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That’s awesome! It must have been a nice surprise to wake up in the morning and realize you didn’t have to get up at all.
Samantha was 3 months old when we moved her to her own room, so she must have been sleeping through the night shortly before that. She was also a noisy sleeper, so I definitely slept better when she was in the next room. I know it’s hard to do the whole “cry it out” thing, especially when you don’t want to wake up a toddler, but it just benefits everyone when Parker can soothe himself to sleep and you can all get a good night’s sleep.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed, too!