Saturday, March 7, 2009

Hooray for Josh!!!!!

Today is a day for the books of history. Josh slept for the first time ever the entire night in his crib!!!(finally at 19 1/2 months) Just this week we have started having him sleep in his crib. He did okay the first few nights and could sometimes go back to sleep on his own when he would wake up in the night. I had the crib right next to our bed so I could reach my arm through and hold his hand. But he would eventually end up in bed with us again. Last night he woke up several times and rustled around but he put himself back to sleep every time! Hallelujah! He is doing better at the beginning of the night too. He will lay down when I ask him if I am right by the crib and it takes about 10 min to rub him to sleep. I have been putting his Diego doll in bed with him and every other night he would throw him out of the crib, but last night he slept with his arm around Diego. It was so cute. Josh must have bad dreams sometimes because the other night while sleeping he cried a little and said my, my(mine, mine) and then went back to sleep. I guess kids must be taking his toys in his sleep. :)

3 comments:

Julie said...

That's great for Josh & especially for you guys!!!
One thing that has helped Addison sleep all through the night for the last few months has been me turning OFF the baby monitor. Ever since we moved her out of her cradle in our room into her crib in the girl's room I always kept it right on my nightstand. Her doctor told me she doesn't need a middle of the night feeding anymore as of about 9 mos old so I decided to turn off the monitor (if she really starts crying there's no doubt I'll hear her!!!) I do hear her stir and cry sometimes still for 30 seconds or so around midnight or one am but I found that if I resisted jumping to her side she'll go right back to sleep!
Kids are amazing & it is fun to mother them but sometimes it's hard to give it up a little!!! :)
Glad he's doing well.
How are you doing, hope you are feeling great!!!

Jamie said...

How cute, Josh & Diego -little sleeping pals. :)! Yeah for some better sleep for the Mommy!!!

dani said...

i'm so happy he slept through the night!!! you deserve your sleep:)