Caiden's Story: Ahhh... sleep!

Wow, last night Caiden was a rock star sleeper! We're not getting ahead of ourselves and assuming this is a permanent change, but it's nice to know he has the ability to sleep well! He went down at 10pm (that is huge!!), stayed down until 2am (5 hours, considering the time change), ate, then went back down until 7:15. Wow! There are a few factors that may have contributed to this awesome night: a new swaddling tool, turning the monitor off, and a little patience.

Yesterday my friends Casey and Jess came to meet Caiden, and they brought a swaddler. We've been swaddling Caiden regularly, but this was a much better device with velcro and all. I gave him a 8:30pm feeding in his bedroom with the lights off, and kept him in that dark room until he got sleepy. It took awhile and was pretty boring for me, but he finally started to fall asleep. I wrapped him in the new swaddler wrap and put him in the crib. He was in and out of sleep for a while, but he passed out for good about 10pm.

I left the monitor off, thanks to advice from Grace. He is just such a loud sleeper that it keeps me up, not to mention that I've probably been jumping the gun and getting him before he is really awake. So without the monitor, I could only hear him when he cried. We'll be trying these techniques again tonight... and hopefully the daylight savings change will work in our favor.

Some photos from the past few days:

Out for a walk on Saturday