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He Sleeps! A Miracle

Nov 26, 2008 Family and Friends, New

I probably shouldn’t blog about this, it might jinx the situation. But I have to tell someone!

My three month old is sleeping in his crib. He has done this before, but this time he fell asleep all alone in his room. I am in shock! Talk to any mom and sleep is the biggest issue in the first year. The first question another mom asks you is “Is he sleeping through the night?”, “Does he nap?”, and “Are you sleeping?”

My first child slept well at night for about 6 weeks. Then from 4 months to 10 months he woke up every couple hours. I was tired, frustrated and willing to try any method to get him to sleep on his own. In the end, I think time was the only solution – a week before I went back to work full-time he began sleeping through the night again. Naps were also difficult with him. Unless he fell asleep nursing, in the car, swing or sling he didn’t sleep during the first 5 months. After that, I made it my mission to get him to nap in his room. I would rock him, nurse him, rub his back, pick him up, put him down, sit by the door, pace the floor with him and sing to him. Anything to get him to sleep, and more often than not the moment I left the room and closed the door he would begin crying.

Today, I put my second child in his crib. Awake. Clean diaper. Fed. I left the room and folded laundry in the next room. When I was done I looked in on him and he was asleep. That was 40 minutes ago.

If I wasn’t afraid it would wake him up, I would turn on some music and jump up and down singing!

Join me in hoping this happens again.

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