New teeth and new sleep habits...

From about Thanksgiving until New Years, Josh and I basically threw in the towel regarding sleep training. Isaac's front teeth were painfully emerging and the three of us spent about a week sleeping in the same room at the Philadelphia hotel and then later at parents house. After so many weeks of being crazy with our routine, Josh and I weren't sure if Isaac would sleep in his crib again. I also got used to the change and enjoyed being with Isaac at night--even if it meant I didn't sleep more than a couple hours at a stretch. I think that if I wasn't working, I would be happy to continue living that way--because it wouldn't matter so much if I was sleepy. But because I do need to work night now, I knew I couldn't continue living in my foggy world, so for a little, I was trying to do both--be with Isaac through the night and have him in his crib. What that looked like was nursing/ holding until dead asleep (about an hour) and then sneaking quietly away or starting the process over again when he inevitably woke up while being placed in the crib. I felt dishonest sneaking out of Isaac's room--(when he woke up, he cried and I guessed that he was thinking, "where did she go??").

So last week, we did our normal routine (dinner, playing on the floor or bed, bath, dressing in PJs, more playing, nursing) BUT I put him in his bed awake the way I used to. He proceeded to cry for ~40 minutes--and I mean wail! He slept until about 3:30am. Then I nursed him and he slept until morning. The next two nights he cried for under five minutes after being placed in his bed. Since then though, he hasn't cried at all. He still wakes up sometime between 3 and 4 am and then sleeps until about 7 (except Saturday morning when he woke up at 4:30 and he was up for the day--that meant us too!).

So right NOW he is a wonderful sleeper. I'm not delusional enough to expect perfect sleep from here on. I am just content and thankful for what we got this week--pretty wonderful stretches of sleep.

On the teeth front, Isaac's four front teeth are now totally in and are super cute. His top eye-teeth are next. We see the white spots on both sides of his front teeth (are ALL of his teeth going to come in twos??) and he has been putting his hands in his mouth a lot.

As these teeth come in, are we going to go back to nursing all night long (and me being a zombie during the day)? I hope not.