Today our baby is five months old! It is so amazing how quickly time flies. He keeps learning and discovering things every day it seems. Last Friday, he discovered his toes and now does his darndest to try to get them to his mouth. However, his chubby belly keeps getting in the way.
After a month of poor sleep due to a myriad of reasons and probably with some fault of our own, we decided that we'd had enough over the weekend and started sleep training on Sunday night. We followed the method designed by the Sleep Lady in her book Good Night, Sleep Tight. A version of cry it out, but the parents stay in the room and eventually "shuffle" or move closer to the door every three nights. On Sunday night, our stubborn little boy took an hour and forty minutes to give in and finally go to sleep. Each night has progressively gotten better and he seems to be adjusting well. We also decided to get rid of swaddling and the vigorous bouncing that he so enjoyed. Last night, night 3, he fell asleep in about 10 minutes and only woke up to eat. After talking with his doctor today, I'm hoping to get him down to just one feeding at night in hopes that he'll eat better during the day. I only wished that we would have tried this a lot sooner!
He goes to his doctor for his four month appointment, he was late in his other appointments, so we have to keep the same schedule. Tonight he should get to use his new high chair and start with some cereal! We'll let you know his stats soon!
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