Sleeping in our house

One thing we learned on our excursion eastward to visit family was that Tam can sleep through just about every sound out there (thunder, semi-trucks, Jude screaming). This led me to the conclusion that the boys could start sleeping in the same room together and that they shouldn't interrupt each other's sleep patterns.

So, once we rolled in the door last week from our trip, I immediately got the kids ready for bed. Tam got washed and plunked into his bed. Then, Jude got washed, fed, and plunked into the crib right beside Tam. This was the first full night Jude was to sleep in the crib, since he had been sleeping in the smaller pack and play in our room.

And they slept nearly all night long...

Jude woke at 4am to eat, but Tam barely stirred. Tam woke at 8am to get up and Jude barely stirred to feed again. Ye-haw! Brian and I get our bedroom back to ourselves!

On the bonus side of things, Jude has been keeping up with his sleeping through the night 3 out of 4 nights in a row. (Every once in awhile he has a 1ish am feeding). I am very much in love with getting a longer stretch of sleep again during the night.

On the flipside, Jude has nearly completely refused a pacifier and has begun sucking his thumb to get to sleep. Usually this is the only time his thumb finds its way to the mouth, so I've given in resisting it.

And here's a snapshot of all the stuff that Tamlin sleeps with in his bed.
Can you spy the...
3 to 10 books (ours and library books)
3 to 10 stuffed animals (turtle, moose, hippo, bear, llama, bunny)
1 or 2 baby dolls
3 to gazillion cars (little cars and big cars)
2 pillows
1 Tamlin