Crib Notes

For the past three months, Carter has slept in the bassinette in our room. We established a goal of having him in his crib around the beginning of December. Last week, I was away for two days and one night on a staff retreat for work and lo and behold, our little boy slept through the night (so did I, needless to say). Figuring it was because he couldn't smell me, I returned from my trip with a renewed sense of urgency: he's moving to the crib in his room! As it turns out, Carter has his own plan and the transition has been a little rockier than anticipated (and there has been no more long sleep stretches). Nonetheless, he does sleep in his crib for random periods of time, including a nap on Sunday. This is how I found him when he woke up: he had wiggled all the way to the bottom corner of his crib and was quite proud of himself. I must say, it's an added bonus that sometimes he now wakes up happy -- and isn't always screaming bloody murder because he's starving.