The Rays of Sunshine

In 4 short months, we will be celebrating this sweet boy's 1 year birthday, and I can' wait. How is it that he is already 8 months old? Dylan has grown so much this month. He isn't crawling yet, but he is able to scoot anywhere he wants to. Dylan loves to talk all the time. Crib Training Update: This has gone great. Dylan and I have a great routine, and as mentioned in my earlier post, each night we do our routine, and most nights within 10 minutes, Dylan is asleep. On average Dylan is sleeping through the night about 5-6 nights out of the week, and I am so grateful.  Of course, there are some nights that he will wake up a few times, but he will eat, then go back to sleep. If he isn't ready to go back to sleep, I lay him in his crib, go back to bed, and he will go to sleep on his own. Traveling: We went strawberry picking this month, which was one of the longest car rides we have taken with Dylan, and he did well. He is getting better, but I know not to test

Can you believe it been 7 months since we brought this sweet boy home? As I mentioned in my last post, about the need to get Dylan out of my bed and into his crib, well we started the process and I will provide an update next month. This month has been a good month for Dylan. He has been eating his baby food really good and enjoying each new flavor. I also got to spend my birthday and Mothers Day with these awesome boys. Also looking back at Derek picture from his time as well, here is a picture of both boys in the exact same outfit. At this point, I really don't think they look too much alike.  Here are both boys at 7 months old. 

When Dylan was 6 months old, I knew crib training was in our near future. I was not sure how I was going to go about starting the process, and I was very nervous. Since Derek was such a horrible sleeper, I keep having flashbacks to those sleepless nights with a screaming baby for hours; no matter what we did. I was not ready to go down that road again. As soon as Dylan was born, we knew that we wanted Dylan in his room from day 1; therefore we moved our extra bed into his room. Like most parents, I didn't want Dylan in the bed with me, as that was a habit, I didn't want to have to break later. As a newborn, Dylan slept pretty good, but has he got older, he began to wake up 2 and 3 times at night. Since breastfeeding was going so well, I was constantly reading articles about co-sleeping and dream feeding, and before I knew it, Dylan and I were co-sleeping all night every night. At the 6 month check-up, the pediatrician strongly recommended I allow Dylan to sleep in his crib