Co-Sleeping

While we loved co-sleeping with Henry for the first 5 months or so of his life…we are happy to say that we have accomplished sleep training success!  Henry is now sleeping in his own crib, all night :)  The first few days were very rough.  We were also trying to transition Henry to a 7-7 and 2 naps a day schedule.  So, he would go to bed at 7 and then wake up around 8:30 and cry/play until around 9:30-10 and then he'd go back to sleep.  It took him a few days and he adjusted to this new schedule.  In the beginning, he wasn't very happy about getting up at 7 and sometimes he still has a hard time with it (I always have to wake him up).  He is also doing much better about sleeping longer periods at night.  I no longer have to wake up every 2 hours to nurse, he is sleeping at least 6 hours straight!  The first couple of days were definitely difficult, but it's great to just lay him in his bed (awake) and let him put himself to sleep and to let him soothe himself back to sleep at night.  Hannes and I have also been enjoying our couple of hours alone at night when all of the kids are sleeping!