Welcome to my crib

Ever since my days as a prego, I have learned two important things about people:
1) People will feel like they can ask you anything, even if it is none of their business.
2) People will judge you based on your answers, even if it is none of their business.

One of the most popular questions new parents often get is, "Does your baby sleep through the night?"  This question is usually accompanied with, "Where does your baby sleep?"

Until a month ago, G had always either slept on me or with me in bed at night and in his swing during the day.  Yep, you heard me right.  I knew the day would come when I would transfer him to his crib, but I wasn't too concerned.  It worked for us and, admittedly, it was easier to nurse him in the middle of the night with him right next to me.

We tried the pack-n-play.  Fail.  I wasn't ready to let my one month old cry for more than 15 minutes and I wasn't ready to Ferberize him at such a young age.

When we moved over to my parents' house for phase II of construction I decided to try a modified version of sleep training.  The room we are sleeping in over here has a crib and I wanted to get him accustomed to one sooner rather than later before I go back to work.

G's pediatrician recommended putting him down for his naps during the day in the crib before attempting the switch at night.  This wasn't immediately successful but it got better with each day and his naps in the crib got longer until he finally is taking all of his daytime naps here.  We discovered that he prefers sleeping on his tummy and feel comfortable with this (even though it's recommended that babies sleep on their backs to avoid SIDS) because he started flipping himself from back to tummy on his own.

Nighttime is a whole different story because of his lovely witching hour(s).  He is much more compliant during the day than he is in the evening but he is getting easier with every passing day.  I put on the same cd and the same ocean wave white noise, nurse him, tell him goodnight, and put him on his tummy.  Sometimes he is still awake and sometimes he is already asleep.

He doesn't sleep through the night yet, and although it would be nice to get more sleep on my end, I know that it will happen when it happens.

I have learned from my brief experience with parenthood thus far that you have to do what is best for you, and more importantly, for your baby.  Some people swear by different sleep training methods and others have their own routines.

So far, I feel like we're doing just fine...