Ok, so Stephen and I like to go to Barnes and Noble and look at books when we get a chance. I happened upon a book called "The Sleepeasy Solution" by Jennifer Waldburger and Jill Spivack. We've been having a hard time at nights because Dante was still not sleeping through the night. There were some nights when I was so tired that Stephen or my mom would get up for one of the night time sessions with Dante. I was desperate for a change. Everyone (including the pediatrician) said that Dante should be sleeping through the night since he was old enough and big enough to not need night time feedings anymore.
I started reading the book and I really liked the way it sounded. Namely that the book claimed it could get your child sleeping through the night in less than a week! It sounded too good to be true. The first night we tried the steps given by the book it took an hour to get Dante to sleep and I think he woke up 3 times that night. The next night it took about 20 min. to get him to sleep and he woke up once. The third night Dante went to bed without any crying and woke up once. Since then, he goes to bed without any crying and he's been sleeping straight through the night! (Wake-up time is about 6 am., but that's ok with a full night's sleep.)
The book also gave instructions on getting good sleep at nap time, so we are working on that now. There is information for crib sleepers, for weening night time feedings (when the child is just eating out of habit), for non-verbal bed sleepers, for verbal bed sleepers, for children who will only sleep with parents, etc.
It is a great book. I love it! Now I just need to get a copy of it! I recommend it for anyone who has been struggling with sleep time or if anyone knows friends who could use the book. Before this book, I had been given information by the pediatrician, but it was a fragmented and incomplete version of the book's information. I had also read a few things, but nothing compared to the information and support that this book gave. Did I mention that I love this book?
What a Thanksgiving break. The plan was to go to Idaho for Thanksgiving this year. Nathan had a fever on Sunday and Monday, but nothing after that. I called my brothers and sisters who were going and they said it was okay. So we drove up Wednesday after Isaac got out of preschool. About 10 minutes from my mom and dads house, Isaac said "mom, I have a headache". That was the first clue that Nathan was getting a fever earlier that week. We got to my mom and dads house and took his temperature. He had a fever of 100.4. Well, we had a quick dinner of Spagettios that night, and got back in the car and drove home. The next day, Isaac had a fever of 103, so we made the right call in going home. We have had a very relaxing vacation, (once we got past the fevers and driving for six hours in one day), as the pictures attest to. Jarom is laying in the sun with Caleb (the dog), Jacob is on the couch, Erin and Nathan made a fort and slept in it Thanksgiving night. It has been fun.
