A Little Graduation... ;)!

As you probably read earlier, there was an issue with Jacob having gas a few weeks ago and we started putting him to "sleep" on his stomach. Everything that we have read and all of the doctors and nurses have really stressed not putting him on his stomach, so it made us a little gun shy in putting him to sleep this way. The reason I have been noting sleep and not bed is because mom just couldn't get past what the professionals have been telling us.Putting Jacob to bed was compromised at first to setting up the pac n play in the living room and letting him sleep there while mom was on her vigil from the couch. The first night was spent with my peeking over the side eagle-eyed making sure that Jacob was doing okay. She awoke a couple of times in intense fear of what she would find on the other side of the pac n play... A huge relief fell over her as she found Jacob sleeping comfortably every time. Over the next week, yes week, mom would sleep next to Jacob and was gradually gaining more confidence that everything would be okay and was beginning to gain more sleep.

On a side note, the day after we started putting Jacob on his stomach to sleep, a friend of Abby's shared a story that had just happened to a person close to him (I don't remember now, but I think it was his sister-in-law). This family had a 4-month old that was born 2 months early and passed away within the past few months from SIDS. This made Amy's feelings even more intense about Jacob still sleeping on his back. An autopsy was done and found that the baby had died due to asphyxia. After some investigation, there were blankets, etc. in the crib that may have been the cause.

After about a week of Amy sleeping on the couch with Jacob next to here, dad put the kabosh to this and made a change. It wasn't the change he wanted, but another compromise was made and Jacob's mom was now sleeping in her bed while Jacob was in his pac n play in the room. This went on for about another week before it was decided to start putting him in his crib. He has now been sleeping in his crib for about 4 days now and has been doing great!!

The switch for Jacob to sleep on his stomach drastically increased his sleeping time immediately. He started sleeping 8-10 hours a night without waking up. There has been an occasion where he has awaken to be fed, but was filled up and went right back to sleep. With the holiday travels over, we are back on a schedule and are feeling great about his graduation to the crib.