Well our little boy did great! Better than the mommy! He went down without a fuss which was very nice. Colin and I sat down with some pinot noir from Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery (our new favorite), some Lindt dark chocolate from Ecuador (another new favorite) and watched 30 Rock (also our favorite)! It was a lovely evening. We then headed for bed where I burst into tears and recounted Rupert's first moments of life as well as his time in the hospital... We prayed for our dear little boy and turned out the lights and turned the baby monitor way up :D This was not my brightest of ideas as the whole reason I wanted him to be in his own room was because his breathing was annoying me, but hearing that breathing was what was giving me peace about him being in his own room. Is it possible to be annoyed and at peace at the same time? Anyways I did get some sleep and I know it will get easier as time goes on. Rupert woke up bright and early at 6 thirty which is early for him, he's usually awake at 7 thirty or 8am. This would be why I don't have a photo of him waking up from his first full night in his own room, I was grumpy to be awoken at such an early hour... ( I know that 6 thirty is not early for some people, but after a night of fretting it felt extremely early!) I tried to get him back to sleep but it was to no avail. So I got him up but waited till his regular time for a feed, he actually waited very patiently! I also waited till his regular nap time. I thought he would be a bear by that time, but he wasn't which was very nice! I put him down for his nap... three hours later the boy woke up! Unheard of! The most he's ever napped is 2 hours... That boy needs to listen to his mommy when she tells him to go back to sleep, she knows a thing or two! Anyways, it was a very good start to the process! I'm sure he will have nights where he will wake up and be fussy, but I think he was ready to be in his big bed in his own room. Thought I would include one photo :D Our boy, doing what he does best, being extremely cute!
great to hear he did well .. even if he woke up a bit early ... it will get easier for you. When Brian wouldn't let me have megan in the room anymore (after a few nites!) .. I put her just outside the door of our room !!... but that only lasted one nite .... but it is very hard - especially being your first born and having had complications in his first weeks - you are doing very good mommy sarah
ReplyDeleteHey he is falling in his mother's footsteps. She was a great little sleeper but always insistd on waking up between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. until she learned that until the hands of the clock were with the big hand at 12 and the little on at 7 she was to stay in her bed; alas that was quite a ways off from where you are now. Mmmm, maybe he will learn to sleep in longer quicker than his mommy.
ReplyDeleteAmazing photo! He looks so darn cute!! Side note: We just rented 30 Rock, season 1.
ReplyDeletei love this face.
ReplyDelete,,,well when we put Kelly in her own room she was crying on the monitor and I was crying next to Bob .....
ReplyDeleteand Bob said.."well this is great now its in stereo!"...hahah!
.....you guys are much better at this than we where!...CS