I want to document this now in case things change and I cannot remember how awesome it is to have a baby that sleeps so well at night! We have a nice little routine, which starts at about 8-8:30 each night. Darin gives him a bath, swaddles him, and he used to then feed him a bottle. However, now that I am back to work, I feed him prior to the bath, read some books/play for a bit, fight for who gets to bathe him, then we top him off with a small bottle after bath (otherwise he gets a teeny bit upset since he is so used to the bottle routine!). We then put him in his bassinet (that yes, is still in our room!) and he is lights out most of the time. If not, he will talk himself to sleep...which is absolutely adorable! He usually sleeps for 6-8 hours, wakes up and eats for 15 minutes or so, and then falls back asleep with no problem for another 2-4 hours before we have to get up for the day. He has been a very good sleeper at night pretty much since after the first few weeks, but man the 7-8 hour stretches are heavenly! Funny how perspectives on sleep change once you become a parent...
The video is a clip of him talking to himself before falling asleep about a month or so ago. It cracks me up and I had to share! (you'll have to scroll to the bottom of the page to pause the blog music in order to hear him!)
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