Ah, sleep. Wonderful sleep. Naps. Nighttime wakings. Baby sleep. Sleep deprivation. You name it and we talk about it. Maybe even obsess about it. Sleep is a hot topic for us young parents. At least these days I can talk about getting more and more sleep. (Sorry, I'm not trying to rub it in.)
Last night Gavin slept for more than 8 hours straight. It was awesome! Of course, I didn't sleep for 8 hours. About halfway through my body woke me up wondering when Gavin was going to eat. And then I had to go to the bathroom. And other times I had to listen to make sure he was still breathing. And then a couple different times Gavin made noise like he was going to wake up, but then went back to sleep. So I'll have some adjusting to do, but Gavin seems to be faring well. He's hopefully transitioning into sleeping through the night on his own. Hallelujah!
Gavin in his crib. He still loves the swaddle. Doc recommended giving him access to his hands but then he tries to fit both his hand and the pacifier in his mouth at the same time and nobody is happy. Supposedly he'll just decide one day to give up the swaddling. We'll see how that goes.
You might remember that I shared about his propensity to cry in the car seat. Well, that seems to have been minimized a bit. A week or two ago we got in the car just as his nap was supposed to start. I stopped at the Starbucks drive thru on the way to church and realized after a few minutes that he'd fallen asleep without a peep. Yahoo!
Our little angel sleeping in the car. I'm so glad to have one of these fancy mirrors to see him while driving.
He still has his moments when he can't fall asleep-- for whatever reason. Probably sleep deprivation most of the time. On Monday we drove out to Bellevue (2+ hours) to see the dermatologist and do some shopping. Later on in the day we had one of those "episodes" where Gavin is really crying and can't get to sleep in his car seat nor will he keep his pacifier in his mouth. It was at this point that I learned the value of consistency and repetition. You see, Gavin loves it when I sing to him (go figure). We have our daytime songs (many thanks to my Sissa) and our night time songs. I sing the same five praise songs each night while rocking him before setting him in the crib. So, in the car I decided to sing those same songs hoping they would lull him to sleep. He settled a bit during the songs and when I finished the last song-- Amazing Grace-- he went right to sleep. It was truly amazing. Make no mistake, I'm going to keep singing those same songs for a while. Even if there are others around that have to hear my cracking voice.
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