Josh is a Good Sleeper

Keith and I have been very lucky so far that Josh is a good sleeper. We put him down to bed, and he sleeps right through the night. (Sometimes, he will wake up around 5 or 5:3am - at times earlier, but if you give him a pacifier, he will fall back asleep for awhile longer). Our morning weekday routime is for me to wake up at the awful hour of 5:45am, start to get ready for work and then wake Josh around 6:15 (often times, he wakes by himself) and give him his first feeding, and then we put him back to bed. He will usually sleep about 1 1/2 - 2 hours more and then the nanny or his grandmom will get him up and dressed for the day. In an earlier post, I mentioned how Josh would not nap during the day, only a 30 minute power nap. That has now changed. He is now on a good schedule and taking 2 -3 naps a day for at least one hour at a time. Thank you goes out to my nanny, Tania, and the Book On Becoming Babywise. I think the routine has helped his grandmom Roberta take care of him easier too.

It took me awhile to realize if Josh is a good sleeper, Mommy should become a good sleeper too. I used to have the baby monitor next to my bed turned on so that I could hear anything during the night. That created me in a light sleep all night long. When I say anything that I can hear, I mean any little sound coming from that room. There is no reason for me to hear in the middle of the night the dripping sound of the humidifier, Josh making a cute litle sound as he moves position, or a static sound from the monitor. I decided to keep his door open and my door open and shut off the monitor. (If he starts crying and needs my attention, I will hear him - monitor or not. Plus, it is right next to my bed, and I can take a peak whenever I want). Hello sleep for Mommy!!!