Learning to sleep journal

Here are our notes on Ben's process of learning to fall asleep on his own.

October 12

7:40 in bed

7:45 hard crying

7:53 Jeff put hand on Ben's chest; Ben was silent the entire time

7:55 Jeff left room and Ben started crying and rolling

7:57 quiet, on stomach

8:01 one 5-second fuss after noise in kitchen

8:02 short fuss

8:06 crying

8:08 stopped crying

8:12 crying

8:14 very hard crying

8:17 on stomach in sleeping position, ratcheted it down to normal crying/fussing

8:19 stopped crying completely, still in sleeping position on stomach

8:20 fusses

8:21 sleeping!
1:25 a.m. - fed, seemed very hungry
5:10 a.m. - fed, seemed pretty hungry

October 13

7:48 in bed

7:50 fusses

7:51 crying

7:53 hard crying, then quiet; sleeping!
10:30 p.m. - cry for 6 minutes
11:55 p.m. - fed
2:30 a.m. - short cry then kept sleeping
4:15 a.m. - fed, messy diaper

October 14
7:45 in crib
7:50 crying
7:51 stopped crying
7:52 sleeping!
11:30 p.m. - fed (too early?). Seemed hungry.
3:10 p.m. - kicking legs and making noises, not crying. Fed, seemed hungry. I was in a sleep daze and should have waited to see if he'd fall back asleep. Hopefully that won't be bad for tomorrow.

October 15
Napped at odd times.
7:01 in crib
7:03 mild crying/fussing
7:07 fussing
7:10 sleeping!
8:25 p.m. - fed (wouldn't really eat before bed)
10:07-10:12 p.m. - very bad crying with abrupt silences. Back to sleep.
12 a.m. - fed
2 a.m. - messy diaper
2:40 a.m. - fed, seemed hungry
5:15 - fed, seemed hungry

October 16
7:10 in crib
7:14 asleep
9:40 p.m. - fed (wouldn't really eat before bed)
12:15 a.m. - fed, not really hungry, messy diaper
2:30 a.m. - fed, not really hungry
3:30 - mild crying for 1-2 minutes then back to sleep
5:20 - fed, hungry

Naming the colors of the rainbow

One of the stories in our nighttime devotion book mentions rainbows and asks, "Can you name the colors of the rainbow?" Sam takes that challenge literally. He's named some of the colors "graymo, nain, and mower." And then he and Matt giggle uncontrollably for ages.

I have a brick from college that Maria and I painted with our shared middle name (Irene) holding open our upstairs bathroom door. When Sam's using his potty right next to it every night, he points to each letter and names it: "Grandpa! Donna! Grandpa! Grandma! Matt!"