So Lucas will be 7 months tomorrow!! He is on the verge of crawling...so, after his fall last week I decided it was time for him to sleep in his own bed (snif snif)....A lot of people can't wait to get their kids out of bed, but we are so sad!! The main reason I want to get him sleeping in his crib is because I don't want him to crawl out of bed and fall on our hardwood!! Right now his bedtime is 8:30...so our routine consists of getting him changed into his PJ's and we read Goodnight Moon and a Mirror Me book... After that I feed him and he usually falls asleep pretty quick....So once he is asleep we barricade him with pillows so he won't roll off the bed before we come in...Yesterday I was talking to my friend Robin about getting him in his room...She agreed that it would be best to have him take some naps in his crib before we transition to nights. So, you may wonder where he has been taking his naps...Usually he falls asleep in his play pen or on the couch curled up next to me :) So, at 10:00 yesterday for his first nap I got him all comfy in his crib. Of course he cried for about twenty minutes and I had to go in several times to calm him down, but low and behold he fell asleep!! I just knew he would hate me when he woke up, but he was all smiles :) So, we got ready to go have lunch with Mark..I was trying this without Mark knowing because every time I mention it he says no way not my sweet baby!! I told him at lunch and he agreed it would be best, but was pretty devistated..When we got back it was time for his afternoon nap...this time he cried for about thirty minutes before falling asleep..I was able to get so much done during both naps!! OK, so I thought since his naps went so well I would try putting him to sleep in his crib and see how long he would sleep..This time it took about forty five minutes to get him to sleep. I was feeling pretty good until we went to bed. We were sooooo sad without our little guy with us!! It was awful. It felt like he was a million miles away!! We laid there and just kept waiting for him to wake up so we could go get him. After a few hours he woke up and I ran in there to get my sweet baby. I know what you are thinking..since he was doing so good I should have got him back to sleep in his room...but I just couldn't do it!! Tonight I promise I will be better!! So, anyone out there who is trying to transition their baby I promise it will be harder on you than on your little one :) I would welcome any advice!! I need all the help I can get :) Don't you love the picture..He is looking at me like...What are you thinking putting me in here!! Until next time...
Tiffany
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