Good Day and Good Night!!!!!

We have to say thank you to both Stacey and Katie for their advice in previous posts - both have been extremely helpful and it's nice to know a few people actually read this!! Who knew there was an actual name for what Trevor has been experiencing?!?!? And Stacey, we had "his office" at the lowest setting (glad you knew it had settings) but he wasn't sitting in the seat right so now his little feet can touch the ground!

But, we wanted to update you all on Trevor's good day and good night! Wednesdays are always fun for Trevor and Mommy because they have ECFE class. We are meeting quite a few people - two sets of people actually live in a 6 block radius of our home. One even just down the block and both have babies that are within a few months of Trevor's age! Trevor just loves the songs we sing and really takes interest in the colorful parachute that we hold above them when they are laying on the ground. He laughs and coos and when he's on his tummy he proudly shows off his strong neck muscles as he checks out the cute little girls nearby. Mommy loves ECFE too because it's nice to have some adult conversation as well as learn new tricks of the trade. Yesterday's topic was sleep and it couldn't come at a better time! This is Trevor after leaving ECFE, happy baby (although a bit sleepy)!


After leaving ECFE, Mommy and Daddy decided to have a sleep plan going forward. If he woke up crying, we would let him fuss for 5 minutes before going in. At that time we wouldn't pick him up but rather we would put our hand on his chest to let him know we were there and then "shhhh" for 1 minute or so. "Shhhhing" has always been comforting to Trevor since Grandma Jeanne read it in the Happiest Baby on the Block book and started doing it when he was just 2 days old.

Well, guess what? We didn't really get to use our plan - the little stinker didn't wake once last night! He ate around 6:30, was showing signs of tiredness around 8 so we laid him in his crib and he fussed for about 10 seconds before turning his head to the right, arched his back, and then was out! He woke up about 9:00 and fussed so Mommy went in, put her hand on his chest, "shhhhsed" for about 15 seconds and he was out. He woke up again at 10:00 and Sara knew he was hungry (heaven forbid he'd miss a meal - have you seen his cheeks?) plus we wanted him to go at least 8 hours before his next feeding and that would put him at around 6 am for his first morning feeding which works great for Trevor's schedule. So Mommy fed him and put him in his crib awake and no kidding 10 seconds later he was sleeping. Didn't hear a peep out of him until 6:40 this morning! Maybe, just maybe could we be back in his normal routine somewhat?!?!? One can hope!

The best part is that he goes back to sleep immediately after the morning feeding and gets up around 9:00 so we give him a bath, dress him, and feed him around 9:45 and by 10:45 he's down for a 2+ hour nap. This has been nice for Mommy to get some house things done! In the afternoon/early evening he'll take 2 more one or so hour naps. So, we shouldn't really complain about his sleep, we've been pretty spoiled! And who cannot love a smiley baby when they are greeted at the crib today?