Naptime Success!

Our little sleeping angel

I am proud to say that we are able to put Thomas to sleep while awake for bedtime as well as naps.  For all the parents out there, you know this is a big deal.  We put on his white noise cd, close the blinds, swaddle him (yes, he still likes to be swaddled), and he is able to fall asleep on his own.  This took a lot of will power the first few days because we had to be willing to let him cry for 3-5 minutes, then calm him, let him cry for 3-5 minutes, calm him and then finally after a few times he would fall asleep on his own.  Now he falls asleep all by himself with very little fussing!  Of course we have to know exactly when to put him down for a nap because if he is too tired, forget it.  :-)  This is great because if he ever wakes up in the middle of the night or during the day, he can fall back asleep without one of us putting him back to sleep.  Plus when he was younger, the only way he would take naps was in our arms.  We have also figured out that when we do put him down in his crib asleep already, he doesn't sleep that well or very long.  It's a win, win for all of us!  Victory!