Changes

Sunday night was about one of the worst nights we've had with Lennon so far.  He was up about every two hours all night screaming and didn't want to nurse either.  I couldn't figure out what was going on and was feeling really frustrated and defeated about him not being on as good of a schedule as Mia was when she was that age.  So, I became a woman with a mission.  I came up with a game plan and called the most organized person I know to help encourage and guide me - my lovely sister-in-law LeNan.  So, after talking with her about the amazing schedule Reagan is on I felt like I could definitely do it with Lennon I just had to stick with the plan and not get discouraged.  Now Lennon had been doing pretty well other than that Sunday night.  Most nights for several weeks now he has slept from 6 until 3 or 4 and then gone back down until 6 or 7.  Even though that was leaps and bounds better than Christmas, it still wasn't working for me, or for him for that matter.  We were both lacking proper amounts of sleep and it was really showing in Lennon's disposition during the day.  So, the night after I talked with LeNan I put Lennon to bed determined not to go back in until the morning.  The first morning I went in at about 5 15.  The second morning I went in about 5 30 and last night he went to sleep at 6 and did not make a single sound until 5 45 this morning!  Success!!  He has also transitioned into taking naps in his crib twice a day.  About 8 30 and again around 12 30.  I have to be more flexible with these times because they interfere somewhat with taking Mia to school and picking her up, but at least now I have guidelines.  And the payoff??  The last two days Lennon has been in a much better mood.  Today he even crawled around on the floor and played with toys for about 30 minutes before I went and picked him up and he was still content.  I know this may not sound that astounding.  "A baby?  Playing with toys on the floor?"  But let me assure you.  For the past two weeks I have not been able to set this baby down to go to the bathroom during the day without panicky wails of malcontent.  Today was a good day!  I am glad that I hadn't instituted the new regimen before sunday because as we were playing yesterday I noticed...HIS FIRST TOOTH!  I tried getting a picture, but it is still so tiny and just barely poking through his gums.  Poor guy!  I'm glad I went to him when he kept waking up cause it was because he was in pain from the tooth breaking through.  So having little Lennon on a schedule having his first tooth break through the gums finally has put his little mind at ease for now.  I am so excited to go to bed early tonight and try to get 8 FULL HOURS OF SLEEP!  HEAVEN!  I haven't gotten a good night's sleep in  7 months now.  Thank you LeNan for all your help in this!