Sleeping...

This past week the kids have all taken on new sleeping arrangements.  The girl's share a room, and normally they each wake up at least once a night. I can't remember the last time, if ever that they have both slept through the night.  This week I allowed them to sleep in the playroom floor on a school night, and they both slept the entire night.  Not only did they not wake up, they didn't move. They were still in the same position the next morning.  Every night since then they have slept in the playroom, and have been getting great sleep.  I think it's time to think about turning the playroom into their bedroom. Sounds like a summer project to me. Until then they are sleeping great on a pallet on the floor! :)

 My sis loves these next two pictures not only because they are so tenderly sweet, but because she is in every one of them.  The girls have had these pillow cases forever, so Amanda has made it in a lot of our sleeping pictures!!

This week I also decided to start letting Mason sleep on his own.  I had prepared myself for many nights of heart break and crying.  I can not believe what has happened. It is unbelievable, and totally a God thing! He knew I couldn't handle crying it out. 

 Since Mason is now standing I put him in his pack and play for safety reasons.  He still lets go, and just falls. The first day I tried CIO for nap time, and after 30-45 min of whining Mason finally fell asleep.  That night I put him down at 6:00, and he woke up at 10:00.  I fed him, laid him down, and after crying/whining for 5 minutes he fell back to sleep.  He didn't wake up until 7:00 the next morning.  Now...this is the child that before this night woke up every 1-2 hours!! He slept from 10-7?!! Utterly AMAZING!!  The next night he went down at 6:00 cried maybe 2 minutes, and fell asleep.  He didn't wake up until 6:00 the next morning!!! Whaaa? How is this possible? Seriously, have you ever heard of such a thing?  Every night since then has been about the same.  He does normally wake up at 10, but I can handle that!  We are both loving our SLEEP!! Praise God! Thank you for this peaceful transition!

Mason's new sleep behavior...watching from an old TV in our room with the video system.

Now, I don't have a picture of Bub, but he has been sleeping backwards in his bed.  His feet at the head, and his head at the foot of the bed.  He's been having some non restful sleep lately himself, so after some research we learned that he was sleeping with his head in the north.  This is supposed to be the worst sleeping position, so he changed it, and is sleeping much better!

I hope your sleep at home has been nice like ours!!

Buenas Noches!!

By the way...If you look closely at the second picture Trin has VERY chapped hands that I can not get a handle on.  Does anyone have any recommendations on what to use on her hands to get them to heal?