Sleep Training

Well it's happened, Braydon is finally sleeping in his own crib. I know most of you who know me are probably saying "it's about time", but I wasn't ready until now. We ordered this book "Sleeping Through The Night" to help us with the transition. That book was awesome and very helpful. We decided to try the move over this long weekend because then we all could get extra sleep if needed. Here's how the plan worked:

1st night - fell asleep downstairs on the couch at 8pm; moved to crib at 10pm; cried for 10 mins and I went in and comforted him; another 10 mins later I went back in and comforted him; when I was getting ready to go back after another 10 mins he was asleep. He slept until 8am never even waking for a bottle.

2nd night - this was Thanksgiving and he fell asleep in the car on our way home. We moved him from the car to the crib at 10pm; he was awake but never cried just fell asleep and woke at 6am.

3rd night - we gave him his bottle downstairs and then took him up after he finished the bottle. It was 8:30pm and he cried for about 3 mins and then fell asleep until 5am. We gave him a bottle at 5am and he fell back to sleep in our bed.

It looks like the sleep training is working and he is sleeping a lot better (so are Mommy and Daddy). He still takes his naps downstairs with us because he likes taking several quick little naps and that's what the couch is for. Maybe as he gets older we will transition the naps to the crib, but for now we are happy with him sleeping at night in his crib.

This is what tired looks like

Braydon spends time with his Dad in the evenings while Chris plays guitar. Last night he was so sleepy he couldn't stay awake, even though the music was playing. Chris called me upstairs to catch this. He woke up briefly while I was taking pictures, but as you can see he went right back to sleep. Children can sleep in the most uncomfortable positions.

6 Month Dr. Visit

Last Friday Braydon had his 6 month Dr. visit. I know I'm a little late in posting it but this week's homework was a killer. 4 chapters in one week!

My little boy is 6 months old...can you believe it? He has changed so much since he was born. He now weighs 21.7 lbs. and is 27" tall. He is in the 90th precential for both his height and weight. This time he was a champ for his shots. It's so cute to watch him roll around on the floor and bounce in his jumperoo. He now gets three meals a day of solids and I swear he could eat my hand off. I can't seem to get the food into his mouth quick enough. He loves everything he eats his favorites are Pears, Sweet Potatoes, Peas and Carrots. The only thing he doesn't like is the oatmeal no matter how hard I try to get him to eat it he just won't. He got several shot's this time because he needed the flu shot. He goes back in two weeks to get his flu shot booster and then in another two weeks for the H1 N1 shot and after that another two weeks for the H1 N1 booster. Basically he has shots every two weeks for the rest of the year.

We are having Thanksgiving at a friends how next week so that will be nice. I'm really looking forward to the deep fried turkey we are having. Hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving. I have so much to be thankful for this year and couldn't imagine my life without Braydon or Chris.

Halloween

It was Braydon's first Halloween. We decided to dress up as a family of Superhero's. Dad went as Batman with Braydon as his sidekick Robin, and I went as Supergirl. On the Friday before Halloween Chris's command had a party for the kids. All the kids were dressed up and they had games and a parade for the kids.

On Halloween the kids went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood and we sat outside and handed the candy out to the kids. Braydon was a huge hit and some kids were scared of Chris's Batman.

Next year Chris already has our costumes picked out. We decided that next year we will also take Braydon trick-or-treating since he will be 1 1/2 and able to actually enjoy it somewhat.