Past Week Escapades

Josh and I got it in our head that it was time to take out Spencer's middle of the night feeding, as well as to make him sleep through the night in his crib! What were we thinking? Although both of us were worried about it, we decided the best method to use was to let him cry it out. We both knew that he wasnn't getting hungry but only wanted to nurse between 2-3 am because it was comforting to him. So here is what happened.


Friday, April 25th.

This was the first night we tried it and Spencer did great. He slept until four. I had decided that 5am was our magic number but because it was already 4 and it was the first time, I went ahead and fed him.

Saturday, April 26th

After just a promising first night, we were both looking forward to Saturday. Boy, were we wrong. Spencer woke up at 3am. We went in, changed his diaper and put his pacifer back in. This lasted about 5 minutes and he proceeded to cry for hours. During these two hours, I went downstairs, listened to music, went outside to try and get away from it, put pillows over my head, laid down in our bathroom and for the last 30 minutes I cried right along with him. Josh and I finally had enough and we ewnt into his nursery at 5:15 , gave him is pacifer, calmed him down and he finally fell asleep until 6:15. What a night.

Sunday, April 27th

Sunday was much better. He woke up at 2am and cried for 30 minutes. Josh went in, changed him and gave him it pacifer and Teddy and he slept until 4:30, in which I went ahead and fed him. Much better than Saturday

Monday, and Tuesday and Wednesday

These days were basically the same. He continued to wake up between 2 and 3 but after going into his room once he would go back to sleep until 4 or 430. So we were getting very close1

Thrusday night

He slept from 9pm-5am! I woke up at 430 and was scared to death. I ran in to check on him and he was snoozing away. When he woke up at five, I fed him, put him back in the crib and he continued to sleep until 6:30. It was wonderful and all three of us were in great moods on Friday.

And then there was last night.

We though we were over the worst of it. Of course, we didn't expect him to sleep through every night from here on out but we did expect for him to continue to ge better. Boy, were we wrong. Spencer woke up at 12:30 and proceeded to cry until 3:30. Josh and I did our best to let him cry it out. We changed him a couple of time and did the whole pacy and Teddy thing a couple of times. He had periods of small sleeping spells but mostly was awake. Finaly, at 3:30, when he woke up for the 5th time, I couldn't take it anymore. I went and got him and laid him in bed with us. He didn't eat, which is still a positive but he wasn't in his crib either. Oh well, I guess there will be set backs

Other than that, we are all doing great! Please pray for me as I have applied for a new job that will allow me to work out of my home next year and for Josh and I both as we finish up the last 6 weeks of our school years!

I don't have any pictures right now because he got a new computer and I have not put the pictues on it yet but I will soon!