Sweet Dreams

I am thrilled to announce that our son fell asleep on his own tonight for the first time in 7 months, 1 week, and 1 day. Yes, you heard me correctly...he fell asleep ON HIS OWN! As many of you know, Charlie is not the easiest child when it comes to sleep. We have tried every trick and technique in the books and followed everyone's advice but to no avail. Over the past couple of weeks, I have been leaving Charlie awake in his bed for naps. Sometimes it would take him well over 30 minutes, but he would eventually fall asleep. He has become so accustomed to his crib, that he never even cried when I left him. Tonight, I decided to try it out for bedtime. We did our normal night time routine: bath, lotion, PJs, reading, and rocking. Instead of rocking him to sleep, I put him down in his bed and kissed him goodnight while still awake. After a few minutes of baby talk and some grumbling, he fell fast asleep.

Who knows if this will be the end of our sleep struggles. All I know is that I am so proud of my little man tonight. I am also happy that he knows that we are there and that he doesn't have to be upset when we leave him alone. I like to think that he knows we will be there for him if he really needs us and that was what allowed him to fall asleep peacefully tonight.

You might think I am totally crazy for tempting fate, but I had to take a picture of how sweet he looked in his crib tonight. Are we lucky parents, or what?