So I don't have any pictures to post right now but I had to document Simon's progress. Last week on Thursday, Dec 10th, Simon slept through the night for the first time!! I remember waking up a few minutes before my alarm went off at 6:30 and doing a double take at the clock. I couldn't believe he had slept through the night. I had to wake him up before I left for work to feed him. Then he did it again on Saturday night, the 12th.
The best one is Tuesday night when he went down just after 7pm because he hadn't slept much that afternoon. I decided I would just let him sleep instead of waking him just before I went to bed to feed him. He slept all through the night until I woke him up around 6:15am Wednesday morning. It was so nice to have him down early so I could get things done around the house and still get a good nights sleep.
Just so you know that this is not a consistent sleeper, I'll explain the next two nights. Wednesday night he refused to go to sleep until after 11pm even though he was definitely tired. Once he got down though, he slept until I woke him up at 7am. He almost wouldn't wake up though. I tried everything, even lifting up his legs and letting them fall back down on the mattress. Nothing...not even a little twitch. I finally had to pick him up to get him to wake up. Then last night, Thursday, he went down fairly easily (aka only 5-8 minutes of minimal crying) just after 9pm. I was so hopefully that he'd sleep all night like the previous nights. Fat chance...3 am came and he was awake! My wonderful husband got up to change him and then I fed him. He woke up again as I was fixing his blanket at 7am. I guess he's got a schedule of his own still. Maybe someday soon he'll be on a more consistent sleep schedule. I guess it's better than him reverting back to waking up twice in the night like he did the week before he slept through the night. I'll take it when I get it!!
Cute pictures to come of him sucking his thumb!! It's so adorable.
