Night Log #2
Successes: He slept in his own room all night. He was happy during his nighttime routine, not crying as nighttime came closer.
Challenges: Still woke up frequently and took forever to get back to sleep. He will calm down in the crib but as soon as we remove our hand from his body, he tends to wake up. He doesn't want to sleep alone.
Last night's Stats:
Time to put down in crib: 30 mins (half the time from last night)
Longest sleep stretch: 4 1/2 hours
# of total night wakings: 3 (down from 5 last night)
Time to get him back to sleep each time (average): 1 hour. At one point, he woke up at 1:00 and didn't fall back asleep until 3:30. He then woke up at 4:30 and took 5 minutes to get back to sleep. He then woke up at 5:30 and took 30 minutes to get back to sleep. This is much worse than last night! In fact, he had fewer night wakings tonight only because he spent more of his time awake than asleep.
Number of feedings: 3 (I gave in when desperate to get him to sleep).

Despite these very sad numbers, we still feel like we're moving in the right direction as he gets used to his crib and sleeping alone. One thing that was a major improvement over past nights: there were a few times Jerry and I were able to get him to sleep by just patting him in his crib (instead of picking him up) and he would fall asleep sucking his thumb while one of us patted him. However, when we gently moved our hand away, he would often startle awake and start crying. So he still wants to sleep with human contact (who doesn't?). It's a mystery why he was awake from 1:00-3:30 though. It seems like once he gets upset, he's hard to calm down. He just didn't want us to leave him in his crib. We persisted though.