Christmas in July (or August!)

Christmas came early in our house this year! On Thursday, Grayson's 7 week birthday, she thrilled us by sleeping through the night! I fed her at 10 pm, put her down and she slept soundly until 6:15 when I woke her up to start our day! I was a little nervous that it would be a one-hit wonder, but she followed it up Friday night with a repeat performance! Unfortunately the third time wasn't quite the charm as she woke up last night for a feeding, but I have high hopes that everyone will be catching more zzz's in the future. My goal was to get her sleeping through the night by the time I have to return to work at the end of September and I am thrilled that we are on our way to achieving that.

I do have to give some credit to Babywise, a sleep book by Gary Ezzo. Being the type A planner that I am, I couldn't just "wing it" with getting Grayson on a sleep schedule. To be perfectly honest, I had no clue how to approach newborn sleep management, so I was desperately looking for a guide on what to do. I have some friends who have had Babywise success so I decided to give it a read. It's principles seemed to make sense and were easy to follow, so without any other guidance, it's what we have stuck to. It's approach has been perfect for my personality, but definitely might not be for everyone. There are likely lots of ways to get a baby to sleep through the night, I am just hoping that this sticks and my search can end here!

Here's a smiley picture of the well rested baby!