Sleeping through the night

Well just shy of 9 months old my son has decided to sleep through the night. It wasn't a struggle or fight either, it just happened (as soon as I quit nursing him to sleep)!

I had heard before eat, play, sleep, but Dylan wasn't really into that schedule when he was younger, and to be honest I loved nursing him to sleep at night. We would bathe and then put on his jammies and then settle into the rocking chair and rock and nurse until he fell into what I can only imagine was the most peaceful, calm, gratifying sleep. Only problem was when he would wake during a sleep cycle in the middle of the night (usually around 2 am) he was in shock. "Wait a minute, this isn't where I fell asleep, I was in my mommy's arms, being rocked and enjoying a wonderfully peaceful meal...WAAAAAAAA!!!!"

So now we nurse in the living room before bed and he gets sleepy, but doesn't fall asleep until AFTER he is put down in his crib. So no more shock to the system when he happens to wake in the night, he is able to just settle himself and go right back to sleep.

What a perfect little buddy! We are so lucky!