The Great Sleepathon, Night #2

Well, here in the Smotherman household we take pride in our ability to learn quickly what is expected of us. Reagan has stepped up to take on his new responsibility of sleeping for longer periods of time (and in his own room).

Last night we had church services, so we didn't get home till 9:30 or so. Reagan was screaming from hunger the whole ride home, so the routine changed a bit. No bath was needed, since I'm only bathing him every 2-3 days to avoid drying out his skin. First thing he did was eat. Then, it was off for a diaper change and a good lavender bedtime lotion rub-down. The bedtime music was played on his cd player, the monitor star projection was turned on, and lights were out for bedtime. All was well for about 5 minutes. Then, the crying began. It went on for exactly 25 minutes (babybix.com is AWESOME!), and then he was SILENT! Richard and I crept into the room to see that he was, in fact, ASLEEP. We did a silent cheer, and I went to shower.

After getting out of the shower, I heard Reagan crying again. He'd only been asleep for about 1/2 an hour. :( Thinking I'd rejoiced too soon, I went to check on him. Wet diaper. He was perfectly silent as soon as I picked him up, and just stared at me while I changed him. Back in bed he went... to cry for another 30 minutes. But then... SILENCE :) and he was out for 4 hours this time! HOORAY! I woke up, fed him, and we both fell asleep. When I woke up in the rocker 1.5 hours later, I set him gently down in his crib for another 3 hour stretch! HOORAY! Then, after his morning feeding, we both went back to sleep for another 3 hours! HOORAY AGAIN!

Hopefully tonight there will be a little less crying and a lot more sleep had by both of us, but I'm so excited about our progress thus far! :)