Thursday night turned out to be a tough night of sleep with Josh. I decided it was time to say goodbye to the bottle forever. I've known for awhile now that it was holding me back from a full night of sleep but I have wrestled with it in my heart because I know how much Josh loves his bottle. He depends on it to put him back to sleep.
Sooo...Friday night, with a heavy heart and much prayer, I said good night to my little boy, laid him down and walked out. I heard him start crying so I went into my bedroom, closed the door and started washing my face so that I couldn't hear the cries. They made me so sad. I asked God to help me know this was the right thing and to make Josh sleep. By the time I walked back out of my room, which wasn't more than 10 minutes later, he was asleep! I couldn't believe it. I thought it would be a good hour. Then, he only woke up one time during the night and I went in, rubbed his head for a few minutes and he was back to sleep for the rest of the night. Thank you God!!
Saturday afternoon I layed Josh down for his nap and he didn't even cry, he fell right asleep and slept almost 3 hours.
Saturday night Josh cried for about 10 minutes and fell asleep. However, he woke up around 2:30 and was up till about 4:30. Then slept till 8am.
Todays nap he cried for about 20 minutes and has been sleeping for 3 hours. He is still sleeping as I write this. Hoping and praying for a good night tonight. I know it can only get better.