He sleeps!

Sean and I had finally had enough of this little munchkin waking up every 45-90 minutes all night long (yes, really) and we decided to start sleep training him. We've been using the 'ole cry-it-out method, and people can knock it as much as they want - it WORKS.


I'll post his sleep schedule for the last five nights and you'll see what I mean.

Night 1: 9/5/11
In bed 8:45 p.m.
Asleep 9:30 p.m.
Awake 12:50 p.m.
Asleep 1:10 a.m.
Awake 3:45 a.m.
Asleep 4:30 a.m.
Awake 7:00 a.m.
Total times he woke up during the night: 2 (pretty good for the first night!)
Total time asleep: 8 hr., 25 min.

Night 2: 9/6/11
In bed 7:00 p.m.
Asleep 7:00 p.m. (fell asleep right as I left the room)
Awake 1:10 a.m.
Asleep 1:15 a.m.
Awake 6:00 a.m.
Asleep 6:15 a.m.
Awake 6:30 a.m.
Total times he woke up during the night: 2
Total time asleep: 11 hr., 10 min.

Night 3: 9/7/11
In bed 8:00 p.m.
Asleep 8:15 p.m.
Awake 2:45 a.m.
Asleep 3:20 a.m.
Awake 6:45 a.m.
Total times he woke up during the night: 1
Total time asleep: 9 hr., 55 min.

Night 4: 9/8/11
In bed 6:45 p.m.
Asleep 7:00 p.m.
Awake 11:00 p.m.
Asleep 11:15 p.m.
Awake 6:30 a.m.
Total times he woke up during the night: 1
Total time asleep: 11 hr., 15 min.

Night 5: 9/9/11
In bed: 7:20 p.m.
Asleep 7:30 p.m.
Awake 7:00 a.m.
Total times he woke up during the night: ZERO!
Total time asleep: 11 hr., 30 min.

That's right, folks. After five nights of sleep training Oliver slept 11 and a half hours STRAIGHT! I'm so happy I could cry. It was so amazing to get a solid night's sleep for the first time since Ollie was born. We'll keep him in our room for another week or so, and if he continues to sleep through the night we'll be able to move Oliver into Tay's room and we can finally have our bedroom back! Yay!