Until now, Elliot has slept in his bassinet at night in our room. He has only tried the crib a few times during the day for naps. Last night he woke up at 1:30 and about every hour after that. I have been putting him in the bed with me for feedings, but then he usually ends up staying there where we continually wake each other up for the rest of the night. So tonight Logan and I are going to “parent” up and try Elliot in his own room. I fully expect to be feeding him at 1:30 or so, but hopefully we can get him back to sleep in his room after that. And who knows… Maybe he’ll just sleep through the night! I think we will try him with the monitors on just in case, but I feel like I will be able to hear him one door away if he needs us… We also need to figure out how much light he’ll need. Here goes nothing…
Steve Holt!
I recommend at least a nightlight just so you can see when you have to get him in the middle of the night and a dim lamp you can turn on if he needs a diaper change so you don’t hurt either of your eyes with bright ceiling lights. I’m a light sleeper so I either leave our monitor on a low setting or don’t use it at all, but Greg’s a heavy sleeper so he needs it on high. Also we have a music box with a ceiling display that I play when nursing at night that helps me keep track of time passing so I don’t think it’s been 30 min when its only been 10.
Steve Holt!!!