...and then last night, Tuesday, Matthew fell asleep within 7 minutes. I don't think Jeff even went in the room to comfort/reassure him. We heard a couple half-second sleep cries before we went to bed, then nothing all night long. I woke up at 2:45 a.m. and heard Matt moving around and making some little talking noises, but he just went right back to sleep! No crying at his usual 3 a.m. wakeup! Then he woke up at 5:40 a.m. and just jibber-jabbered to himself for a while before letting us know it was seriously time to get up.
The best thing that's happening here, other than Matthew sleeping longer and better, of course, is that now he wakes up happy most of the time. Sure, he's still crying a few minutes before falling asleep every time, but at least when he wakes up he's not crying. And his napping has improved dramatically. It's so much better for both of us for him to sleep longer during fewer naps. He gets enough rest and doesn't have to catnap every hour and a half, and I can actually get things done. It's amazing how much an extra half hour makes a difference. I'm hopeful we can stay on this 2-nap schedule instead of going back to 3+. We'll see. He's on nap #1 for today, and he fell asleep in half the time it's taken him for the past couple days' naps.
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