sleeping

I think we FINALLY might have had a visit from the sleeping fairy- Brecken has been sleeping through the night for the past week or so. HOORAY!! (But now that I said that, he'll stop sleeping so well. Isn't that the way life works?) I had ordered a book a few weeks ago called "Good Night, Sleep Tight", and it's been a lifesaver. I ordered it because it's a much gentler way to get your kid to not rely on you in the middle of the night, and to teach them how to soothe themselves back to sleep. I cannot do the "Cry-it-out" method- it just seems incredibly cruel to me to put your kid to bed and leave them in the dark by themselves screaming and crying. This method, you put them to bed, and sit by the crib until they fall asleep so they know you are still there. You do that the first 3 nights, and do the same thing when they wake up during the night. Then the next 3 nights, you move your chair farther away from the crib, so they know you are still there but you are farther away. So on and so forth. We never made it that far though- he's been falling asleep great and staying asleep at night too. I had waited to start this until we got an OK from the pediatrician I took Brecken to a couple weeks ago. I didn't know if I should still be feeding Brecken in the night since he's underweight. The ped. said nope, his stomach is big enough that he does not need to eat, and he'll learn to eat more in the day. It's been wonderful to sleep through the night myself!! I had only done that 4 times since bringing Brecken home from the hospital.