in the jungle

...the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight. Ok, I mean my baby sleeps tonight. Well, he sleeps every night for a week!

I took Reed to his two month doctors appointment on Monday (where he weighed in at 13 pounds 3 ounces!) and the pediatrician asked me if he was sleeping through the night. I told him that Reed has been waking up just once in the night, sometime between 2:30 and 4am. I then asked Dr. Pruitt how I can get him to sleep through the night. His response: let him cry. So I spent the rest of the day prepping myself for letting him cry when he woke up that night. Side note, he told me I could have caffeine so I promptly went out and got me a fountain coke, which I haven't had for a year and it was glorious. Ok, so I go to bed that night ready to not jump out of bed when Reed cries. I get up at about 2:30 when I woke up thirsty. I got me a drink of water, knowing that I might just fall asleep and Reed will start crying in just a few minutes. So I dose off and when Reed cries a minute later, I look at the clock and it isn't a minute later, it's 5:45am! Sweet! The very night I was going to force him to make it through the night without a feeding, he decides to do it himself!

I cross my fingers for Tuesday night and low and behold, he makes it to 6am. Thursday morning, he didn't wake up till 6:30! It has now been a whole week and every single night, he sleeps all the way through the night. It's crazy how rested I feel! And I get to only do 6 feedings a day, which is also awesome.

My kid continues to be totally awesome! Pictures soon!