...and Trevor makes three

I think it may be time for Trevor to finally start sleeping in the room that we slaved over for him while I was pregnant. Early this morning, Josh let out some sort of war cry in his sleep which in turn woke the baby, who was then wide awake, and intolerably cranky, for the rest of the morning. It occurred to me that he might actually sleep better in his own room, where he can't hear all the horrible noises my husband makes in his sleep. :P (No really, I'm not entirely innocent either.) We are both avid sleep talkers. Josh's sister, Vicki, even overheard us having a "conversation" at an ungodly hour of the morning when we were staying with her once. Its no wonder the kid can't sleep.

So I put up all the laundry that has been living in his crib, and Josh lowered the mattress so he couldn't climb out and I decided it was time to start practicing sleeping in his room. I wasn't very optimistic. I put him down for his afternoon nap in his "new" bed and waited for the worst. He was silent. We watched him from the cracked door while he stood on the side of the crib, beating the rainforest aquarium that Grandma bought him. He tried to climb the changing table, tried to reach the laundry basket, chewed on the crib rails, finally turned ON the rainforest aquarium, watched it awhile, tried to reach the laundry basket again, walked the length of the crib, then finally realized he was, in fact, alone. He fussed for a couple of minutes and the next thing we knew he was asleep! Amazing. I never expected him to fall asleep first try in a new bed.

Problem is, I don't know if I am ready for him to sleep in his own room. He just seems so little to be left all alone at night (even if all alone is only five feet from our bedroom). So for now, I think we'll continue to practice taking naps in his room and maybe in the next couple of weeks I'll have the nerve to let him sleep in there overnight. Who knows, it could be the answer to getting the kid to actually sleep at night.




*Trevor is 6 months and 6 days old*