Rock-a-bye baby

Munchie slept in a cradle last night. I should be elated, but it proved to be a restless night for us all. He woke up every couple of hours (12:30, 4, and 5). He also moved around a lot, tried to suck his thumb, and just made a lot if noise. So score 1 for sleeping one night out of the car seat and minus 5 for wiggling about and waking up during the night.

Even though he was eating every couple of hours I was able to put him down in the cradle afterwards and he'd fall back asleep. I followed one of the parenting books' advice of nursing in the dark, not talking to him or changing his diaper. It seemed to work, but we had a little trouble finding my nipple in the dark. OUCH!

He was crying a lot this morning at 5. There was no way he could be hungry so I pulled my pillow over my head while his Dad tried to soothe him. He eventually fell back asleep until 7:30.

In other firsts he took a bottle from his Dad yesterday. Apparently, there was some screaming, falling asleep hungry and exhausted, and finally resigning himself to the bottle. He also had a bath without screaming. Hmmm... we shall see if any of this is repeatable.

10 weeks old today.