In December, back when all the Christmas things were out, I saw a baby onesie at a store that said, "All my Mommy wants for Christmas is a Silent Night!" How true that was- we had a fantastic Christmas with lots of nice gifts, but I would have given back every single one of mine back in exchange for Mitchell to sleep through the night. Well, even though he couldn't give us a silent night for Christmas, we FINALLY got it last night- hooray! Mitchell slept for 8 hours straight (9:30-5:30), ate quickly, then back to sleep until 8:30 a.m, in his own bed, in his own room. This may not seem that exciting or like that big of an accomplishment, but for all of you who know how terrible Mitch has been sleeping lately (30 minutes total of naps during the days and waking every hour at night), this is huge for us! He has been really sleep deprived lately and we have been really worried about him, so we were so excited that he slept 8 hours straight for the first time. I realize that it was just once and we are no where out of the woods for bad sleeping nights, but one night is better than nothing. And now we know he can do it!
Mitchell also sat up all by himself yesterday for the first time (3 months)- we're not sure if it's because he can really sit up, or if he just has so big of a tummy that it balances him, but either way we'll take it.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Silent Night
Posted by Ben and Carrie at 5:57 PM
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Yeah!!!! for silent nights. I can appreciate the amazing feeling of FINALLY getting a whole night's sleep. After two weeks of the stomach flu here, I finally slept through the night on Monday as well
Finally! A good night's sleep! Now if he can just repeat the performance - or even just a good 6 or 7 hours! It does look like he is sitting up, but it could be the belly. He is a chubby guy!
Woo Hoo for sleep!! He's on his way now...Cute blog, Carrie :)
Yahoo! I can remember all too well the sleep deprivation that you feel when you have a new baby in the house. You forget how it even feels to be fully rested. I hadn't realized how little sleep Mitch was allowing in your house, let's hope this is a turn for the better.
Oh yeah, that's a big deal and definitely cause for celebration. You must have felt refreshed and chipper after all that sleep. :)
And wow, sitting up at three months? He's growing up too fast.
I hope you have lots of silent nights in your future!
Getting more sleep is great news, I hope it becomes a habit... just don't go on vacation. I'm shocked he's sitting up... I think his belly really is propping him up and that Jason's head is toppling him over. :)
Yeah! I bet he feels better and so do you. That is great!
Okay, he is not very old to be sitting up. He is advavnced!
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