Big Night

Tonight is Andrew's first night without his burp cloth to chew/suck on while he tries to go to sleep. For a while now, I've known I needed to start weaning him off of it, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. When I took him in for his 15-month check up, his doctor said it was time. This has been harder on me than on him. It has been fairly easy to distract him if he is looking for his cloth but I tend to give it to him when he gets a little fussy. Usually, when I am trying to get him to sleep, I can give him the cloth and he will settle down. Tonight, he wanted to play, talk, kiss me and rub my shoulder; anything to keep himself awake. I started singing "Jesus Loves Me" and he settled down slowly. A few minutes later he was wanting to play a bit so I took him to his room and laid him in his bed. At first, he did fine. He let me cover him with his blankets then sat up when I kissed Will good-night. But, after I shut the door and sat down at the computer, he started crying. The good thing is he didn't cry for long. He is quiet now and I hope he will sleep through the night. Andrew has taken a few naps without his cloth and has done okay. This morning, he woke up early (around 5 a.m.) but started getting loud around 6:15. I took him up front and sat with him on the couch. Andrew went back to sleep without his cloth and slept until 8:45 a.m. Maybe this will be the start of something new. All I need to do now is pack up the ones in his room (he knows where they are and can get the drawer open to get one) and the ones in the wash. I don't know, though; maybe I'll wait a little longer.....