Crib time

Evan has been sleeping in a sleep sack for weeks now. He had no problems with the transition from swaddling to sleep sack, so we thought we'd try the next step. He'd been staying with us in his pack and play, but we were asking for trouble because he's right around 15 pounds (which is the weight limit). The bassinet in the pack and play in very sturdy, but we believe the risk doesn't come from the bassinet falling into the pack and play, but from the pack and play falling on its side since the bassinet makes it top-heavy. We got rid of the bassinet and decided he would just sleep on the "floor" of the pack and play, but then that same night we decided to give it the crib a try.

Evan has been sleeping in his crib for two nights now, and he's been fine. It helps that he practically sleeps through the night: Washington nights, that is. He goes to sleep around 9 pm and wakes up between 4 and 5 am, which is from dusk until dawn. Then he goes back to sleep for another 2-3 hours.

And I think he's getting ready to ditch that last feeding too. The past 3 nights he's been eating just from one side. I personally think that's great, because it's the only time I can pump to start building a stash. With all the moving, I didn't have a chance to freeze any milk, and the rest of the day he pretty much eats every two hours, so there's nothing extra to pump, ever. So now I'm very proud to have 10 oz of breast milk in the freezer :)

Another change of late is that we're down to only one disposable diaper per day. We only use a disposable at night because Evan is such a big wetter, but during the day we're using only cloth, and we feel great about it. Garbage disposal here it's on the expensive side and you pay by weight, and diapers get pretty heavy! So that's another huge incentive for us to use cloth. We're getting our new Bum Genius one size pocket diapers today (yay!), and other than getting a few hemp inserts in the future for night, we're done buying diapers. We should be covered for Evan and for the next baby (if we ever decide to have another, that is!).

Things are good in Cape San Juan...