John slept 3+ straight hours last night in his bassinet. We usually need to hold him for him to sleep more than 30-60 minutes. We altered our feedi
ng routine: instead of changing his diaper, feeding him then putting him to bed, we immediately fed after he woke up, changed his diaper before switching sides which woke him up causing him to eat more, then put him to bed bundled up.
We are also trying some advice from the book On Becoming Baby Wise a gift from Ticia. After trying them, John calmly stayed in his bassinet for 1 hour while I took a nap. He also slept AGAIN the whole time between feedings in his bassinet!!! We are trying not to get too excited about what this might mean for nights. We know it may not work at every feeding right away but are hopeful.
Today was also noteworthy for another reason. We took John to pay his respects to his grandfather and uncle. It was emotional and difficult. After Granddad John was diagnosed with cancer 12/22/04, he would tell us all he wanted was to make it to meet his grandchild.... Sadly, life had other plans for all of us. But we are reassured in knowing that he would have loved John so much.
Matt talking to John about his grandfather.
We took the time to tell John stories about his grandfather and uncle. We plan on John "knowing" them through us.John hearing about his uncle.
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