Nights 3 and 4

Monday night:

There was less crying on Monday night. He went to bed around 7:30 and slept for four hours. He then woke up, I nursed him and he slept for 3 hours. When he woke up, I put him back in his bed. He cried for 2 minutes and went right to sleep. He slept for 2 hours. He woke up and cried for half an hour before we got him out of bed. I nursed him again (about 5 1/2 hours since I had nursed him previously) and he went back to sleep for an hour. So he slept for 4 hours, then 3, then 2, then 1 hour.

Tuesday night:

Caleb had a harder time relaxing last night and did not settle down until 8:00 pm. He ended up crying for about 30 minutes and then Jeff checked on him and loved him and he cried out when Jeff left the room. He cried off and on (mostly off) for about 10 minutes and then he was asleep. He slept for 4 hours. He woke up and I nursed him. Then he slept in bed with us for 3 hours. When he woke up, we put him in his bed. After crying for a bit (just a few minutes) he went to sleep. He slept for an hour. He then woke up, Jeff went in there and calmed him with the hair dryer and patted him on his back. Then he turned off the hairdryer and turned on the Sleep Sheep and after a few minutes, he went to sleep and slept for another 2 hours. He woke up right at 6 this morning. It was like he heard Jeff's alarm go off.

So we're making some progress. There was more crying last night than there was Monday night. I don't know if that's a bad thing or not. I can't wait until we get to the point where there is no crying. He is still waking up early (anywhere between 5:30 and 6:30 usually) and he still wakes up throughout the night, but at least we're getting longer stretches in between him waking up.

I have to figure out the nursing thing. Sometimes, it's just easier to nurse him because he'll usually go to sleep afterwards. I guess he doesn't really need to be nursed at night any longer and maybe because he expects to be nursed, he still wakes up so many times? I'm not really sure. As I mentioned before, I don't mind nursing him at night. What I am hoping to achieve at first is a good 5 or 6 hour stretch. We're not there yet, but we've gotten 4 hours at a time every night since we've started and hopefully that will continue and increase. He is still waking up at shorter intervals, too... so hopefully, we can work those so that he sleeps longer than as well. It's really hard to figure out what to do in the middle of the night. Sometimes we're so out of it, that we just can't think straight. We'll get there though. If only he knew just how much he needs it and how much he'll wish for it as he gets older.