Mr. Sandman, bring Spencer some sleep!

bum, bum, bum, bum

Make him the sleepiest that I’ve ever seen.

bum, bum, bum, bum

Give him a night, with no crying or whining,

and tell this mama that the longest nights are over!

Yes, I know ‘whining’ and ‘over’ don’t rhyme but I’m too tired to come up with something better!  🙂

So, here’s the deal, Spencer is a big boy and definitely doesn’t need to eat during the night…but I don’t think he’s gotten that message yet!  He’s slept through the night (meaning 8pm to 6:30am) two times but isn’t doing it consistently.  Most nights he’s still waking up once around 3 or 4ish.  I’ve tried to let him cry it out but he won’t go back to sleep and I’m always afraid the crying is going to wake Maxwell up so I just go in there and feed him.  After he eats, he’ll conk back out until 6:30 or 7:00…but I just want him to sleep on through until 6:30 or 7:00!  I know he can do it and it’ll just take time.  We’re getting there…one night and one tired day at at time!

ps – we’re also working on getting rid of the swaddle.  I still swaddle him every night but he manages to get both arms out at some point in the night so I know he’s ready to make that transition.

pps – these pictures were taken during naptime.  He sleeps at night in his crib obviously.  We’re going to start working on transitioning him to taking his naps in his crib now too.  Given the history of “Operation Crib Nap” with Maxwell I’m not optimistic but we’ll see how it goes!