No More Swing!

For those of you who were worried that Sawyer would never sleep in his crib and that Ben would have to build him a toddler size swing, worry no more. I told everyone who was always bugging me about where he was sleeping that he would sleep in his crib when he was ready. I just don't agree with letting a kid cry for hours on end, especially at such a young age and when he was so happy in his swing seat.

We knew he was getting ready for about the past month because he has been rolling around on the floor like crazy. It was a process but at least my kid won't be traumatized from crying himself to sleep every night or thinking that his parents abandoned him. This is how his sleep progression went. When he was 3 months we stopped the swing after he fell asleep. When he was 4 months we put him to sleep with the swing stopped. When he was 5 months we put the swing seat in his crib. He finally started turning on his side in the swing (buckled in and swaddled, looks like we have a Houdini on our hands) so I decided to try him out at nap time in the crib. He went right to sleep without any screaming. Two nights ago we put him in at night and he slept from 8:00 to 8:00, same thing last night.

I think it's important to remember that every kids is different and is made to feel secure in different ways. So there's my little rant to the people who have been annoying me about the swing. You can all rest a little easier now. Oh and for you southerners, if you're wondering why he is still in fuzzy pj's and has a blanket around him, just know that it doesn't get warm in MI until June. Today it is in the low 50's, YUCK!