Sleeping

This picture was taken a couple of months ago before our move.  Almost nightly Erik would freak me out because I would wake up to check on him and his face was pressed against the mesh on the far wall of his co-sleeper. One night I watched as his little two-month-old mummy-wrapped body wiggled its way over to the edge, it was only then that I realized he was looking at the night light until he fell asleep.

Mark and Erik both like to sleep with their eyes a tiny bit open, which doesn't work well when they need to sleep during the day.  Luckily Jennifer had a mask they could borrow.

Last week our doctor told us it was time to teach Erik how to fall asleep on his own and how to sleep through the entire night.  Mark insisted that I let him cry for five minutes before going in to check on him.  When the five minutes were up I rushed in, calmed him down then put him back in his bed. He fell right to sleep.  Ever since then, I wrap him up, read him a book, give him a kiss, lay him down and he doesn't even whimper, he looks at his night light until he falls asleep.  

Best baby ever... Not the best parents. 

We're trying to get better about putting him to bed at the same time each night.  Sometimes we're a little late and he passes out on his own.