more sleep...

Last weekend we finally moved Ava from our room into her crib. She had been sleeping in a basinet next to our bed, it was the basinet that I used as well as my Mother and Grandmother when we were babies. But Ava had started to outgrow it. She would wake herself up when she moved her arms about at night because they would hit the sides... not to mention she'd wake me up as well anytime she moved around. So we figured it was time.

The first night was a little scary for me, for some reason I thought something would happen to her. But I was good and I didn't get up and check on her a thousand times, I actually slept. It was nice getting 4 hours of sleep in a row. But since then our sleep has increased and increased.

Yesterday I mentioned to Nathan that on Dec. 1, thats two Mondays from now, we should try "sleeping through the night in 7 days." By then Ava will be 3 months old and able to sleep through the night by herself. Actually they say any baby that is over 12 lbs doesn't need night feedings and should be sleeping anyway. Not so much the case with our Ava, but anyway.

So last night, just for fun, I decided to lay Ava down in her crib to see what would happen. She was tired anyway, and it was bedtime. She fussed for quite a while, although I didn't let her go too long. I ended up picking her back up and she almost immediately fell asleep. I walked downstairs with her, still sleeping, and turned off the TV and lights, walked back upstairs put her in her crib again. She woke up for maybe 5 minutes and then fell asleep. EUREKA!!! Then to top it off she slept until 6am! I couldn't believe it. I got almost 7 hours of sleep in a row last night.

Oh... there she is. I better get going, the princess is up. I'll try to update again soon, but wanted to share our exciting news.