WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT!

Last night was the first night of "ferberization" with Alexander and all in all it went alright. It was definitely not as bad of a night as both Chris and I expected. He had a little trouble going down to sleep, which doesn't always happen, so we waited the appropriate intervals and it took about 11 minutes to fall asleep. And then he slept until about 3am and was awake for about 25 minutes. This was the hard part. We decided that I would take the first turn with him. I went in at 3 minutes, 5 minutes, and then at 10 minutes. It just doesn't feel natural to not pick up your baby when he's crying like that, and then to actually leave the room. But I know that if this helps him sleep better than it will be worth it, for all of us. So he did finally put himself back to sleep in what felt like an eternity to me, but I guess in actuality was not too bad for the first night. Because that was the only time that he woke up. And when he woke this morning at 7am he was as happy as ever! I'll let you know how tonight goes. Wish us luck!!