Big boy

Benjamin slept in his cot overnight for the first time – and he loved it. So much so that he didn’t even cry out or wake himself up with his moving hands the whole night. He now seems so far away as I lurch to check on him when I think he’s crying (twice last night but he was sound asleep by the time I got there, so not sure if I imagined it! Clearly I was more worried about him being in the cot than him).

I’ve been putting him in his cot for his daytime naps on and off over the last three weeks, knowing that he’ll be outgrowing his bassinet, so as to get him used to it, (initially wheeling the bassinet into his bedroom, then putting the bassinet in the cot, then putting him into the cot) but he took to it last night without a peep – and almost a sigh of relief now that his swinging arms don’t hit the sides of the bassinet. But I miss him being so close, next to the bedroom door in the lounge room. He’s just growing up too fast. I want to keep him little.

We are getting more sleep though.

Actually, I can’t tell yet since I woke up more than he did last night, but I imagine we will be.

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