The Crib Diaries...

Now that Hudson has hit his 3 month mark.

I have finally (with slight reluctance) decided to make his transition to his crib.

Hudson has been sleeping beside me in a pack and play since he came home.

I guess I knew this transition would be difficult, but I was NOT ready for the calamity that took place last night.

While our family was visiting us over christmas, we moved a bed into his room for guests.

For the next, well, however long this takes...

I will be sleeping in his room in this bed.

Because I refuse to go backwards.

We have a pretty decent bedtime routine going of bath, massage, nurse, sleep.

Well, I went through the motions last night but the little man seemed to disagree with the last step of the program.

So, sleep didn't happen.

But as I sat there holding and comforting my sleeping little minion, I thought about all the expectations we have for them.

Just because we have a friend whose baby slept through the night at eight weeks, someones baby who never gets fussy, and someones baby who transitioned to their crib with no fight, we all seem to think our baby must do this.

As a mother, you just have to realize those babies are magical demons that like to make the rest of us feel inadequate as parents.

We have to realize that we are the ones introducing our baby to everything there is in this world.

And when you are that small, a big bed, in a big foreign room, all alone, is really scary!

So, as I was sympathizing with H, I realized that this process will be, and should be a slow one.

I will never let him cry/scream it out...I'm just not that parent.

And I'm not saying parents that do are horrible people.

I admire your strength.

I want his room to be a calming, familiar place, not a place associated with fear and abandonment.

So, today, I began my process of slower transitioning.

We woke up and were changed in his crib while playing with musical toys.

When it came time for a nap, I swaddled him and shushed/rocked him to sleep.

PS: I know we all feel silly shushing a baby, but that shiz works!  Shush right in that stinkers ear and it's like hitting a mute button.

I am now enjoying his first nap in his crib and I only had to pick him up once.

Baby steps.

So, my goal is to have a decent amount of happy play/tummy time in his crib each day.

Along with all diaper/clothing changes.

I'll shush him back to sleep 3 times at night, and if nothing works he can sleep in his swing.

My hopes are just that each night, our sleep stretch gets a bit longer.

Ill let you know how it goes!

On an exciting note...I'm almost out of the 140s and a big package of lululemon clothes came in the mail today.

Anyone that is curious about my workouts, i'm following the Love Your Body challenge by the tone it up girls.

Its not too late for you to join too!!!