Sleepy Time Update

Success! I also like to call it the Good, the Bad and the Ugh

The Ugh:

 He ended up in bed with me and it was uncomfortable to say the least. The two of us, though we are mother and child, are not similar sleepers. I tend to sleep quietly in three or so positions all on my side of the bed. He is more like a humming starfish with his little noises, humming himself to sleep and his spread out position. Spread out on my head, in the middle of my bed, on half my pillow. Starfish all up and in every where. Yeah.
That will definitely not work much longer. He and I need our separate space.

The Bad:
 This is more my mistake. I didn't get him bathed and all that as planned before he got kinda tired. I should have had him in bed by this time. He crawled to me whiny and fussy wanting to nurse. He's getting to be very vocal about it since I just let him let me know instead of timing it out anymore. So he came to me nursed and was out before the intended time of what was it, ten? Nine? He woke up a half hour later and didn't go back to sleep till after 11PM.

I tried to turn on some white, pink and brown noise for him but he was more interested in why the sound was coming from my computer. I finally had to close it and put it on the floor. It didn't help though since my computer light blinks and fades and catches his attention every time. He tried to follow it to the floor several times. He thought it was a game and I had to end that game real quick.

I tried to put him in his crib but he didn't enjoy that. I admit I was soft and took him out to be near me once he started crying but you know, I get about an hour or two of sleep before work. I really didn't want to miss it since it was already late. I needed the sleep last night. And amazingly, sleep we did.

The Good:

I got him into his crib once he was asleep. His butt was pat for a few minutes since he did surely protest and we both finally fell asleep. I got up for work, got ready, zipped him into his crib and took off. I expected to come home and find him in someone else's bed but nope. He was still sleeping very deep in his own. I was able to grab something to eat and my computer before he woke up with my moving around. We shared my bowl of pasta, he nursed and we both went to sleep. Even though he woke up, I think he could have easily stayed asleep in there. He's slept through the night for months but I also made it a habit to grab him up when I could. Tonight, I'm going to keep him in there if he wakes up when I get home. He doesn't actually need to nurse and I can use that session to pump and freeze.

Today he took a nap in his crib which was great. It was only a half hour but since that's usually the longest he stays asleep, I'm counting that as a success as well. The great thing was that I nursed him, put him in there, pat his butt for a little bit and turned on simplynoise.com and he got quiet and went to sleep. I didn't have to do anything after that. He wasn't even fully sleep when I turned it on. I'm going to try for an evening nap maybe around 6PM and then bedtime for 930 or so. Maybe eventually I can get him to sleep one long enough nap towards the evening and then in the bed for 8:30PM. I'll take two but will settle for one.

 Oh the sleep possibilities!!