Back in the crib

It took a week (and perhaps it may take a little more time), but by the Lord's mercy and grace, Gideon is now back in his crib. Here is the account of our experience:

Monday (8/2): Our first night. We rocked Gideon to sleep, warmed up his bed with an electric heating pad, made his room nice and comfortable, placed him asleep in his crib, and walked away. He woke us up only two times to feed! Not bad for the first night!

Tuesday (8/3): Same routine: rock, sleep, warm, put in bed, walk away. He did so well on the first night, we expected the same thing on the second night. No. He woke us up five times! We were tempted to bring him back into bed with us by the third time becase we were so exhausted, but we supported each other and him and placed him in his own crib every time we woke up.

Wednesday (8/4): Same routine, except this time, he woke us up only three times! Although, it was a little bit difficult putting him down for the night.

Thursday (8/5): Same routine, except Gideon vomited quite a large amount of milk tonight. Maybe it was the bath in the middle of feeding? Maybe it was his lack of burping? Maybe he caught a chill while getting undressed for the bath? We felt so bad for the little guy, it took us a long time to put him down for the night and we almost brought him into bed with us. But, he felt better and woke us up only two times!

Friday (8/6): Gideon vomited again, but looked rather chipper afterwards asking for more food and playing with Teddy. He fell asleep rather quickly in our arms and woke us up only once overnight!!! And, when he woke up at 7 am (Saturday morning), he was able to put himself back to sleep! I think that was a coincidence, but I'll take it!!

Saturday (8/7): Gideon woke us up two times overnight. We also did things a little differently tonight...we turned off all the lights when we went to bed and didn't turn on his room light when we got up to feed and change him. Not sure if it helped him stay asleep, but it sure did make things feel more calm.

I'm not sure what is in store for us tonight, but I do believe Gideon is now back in his crib! I'm a bit concerned that he may become a screamer and a longer crier as a result of all this because I'm not sure how long he cries at night before we wake up and get to him. But, we just need to have faith and continue to pray every night for our little boy to enjoy sleeping in his crib and to have a restful and peaceful night.

Next bad habit to work on: the need to fall asleep in our arms. We may wait a while on this one since Gideon is still so young, but it probably won't be a long while since he is getting quite heavy. :P We don't want to use the cry-it-out method; our friends, the Tuans, suggested using the "Baby Whisperer" method, so we're gonna look into that and prepare. Once again, it will take a lot of prayer and faith on our part. Keep us in your prayers!!