Nighty Night

We have continued to work on sleep training with Cooper. It has been going fairly well. He usually goes down very easily between 6:30 and 7:30 PM, wakes up between 4 and 5 am for a feeding then goes back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. He has difficulty going back to sleep after the morning feeding and cries anywhere between 10 and 30 minutes. He has gotten better at putting him self to sleep, but we still go in there to "shhhh" him and reassure him that everything is ok.

Nap time on the other hand is a different story. I have heard from moms in my stroller strides group that nap time is much more difficult, but comes with time. It's better to focus on the night time sleep and then naps will come later on. He will go down for a nap anywhere from 30 min to 2 hours, but still has to cry it out a lot. I try and rock him before nap time which seems to help.

His new favorite thing to do stand on his feet with us holding him. He gets the biggest smile on his face. Here is a few pictures of him before bed time.