We're free!

The baby has begun to sleep through the night! 

We can't believe it!

My mom, my dad, my friends, my sister, they've all told me that eventually I would tire of sleeping with Ronin and that both he and I would sleep much, much better if he had his own space. 

I thought they were all heartless monsters and that the thing to do was to keep my child close to me at night for a long, long time.

But he was waking every hour and a half and it just wasn't working for either of us. So finally my friend Daria came over and helped us put Ronin to sleep in his own crib in his own room last Wednesday night.

Vasu and I went out to dinner while she did the deed because I was so afriad he'd cry and it would be awful and I'd break out in a hot sweat and not be able to stand it.

He didn't cry at all! He fussed for a bit while getting comfortable and then drifted right off. And he slept for 11 hours straight, with no waking, no nursing, not a peep from his room all night. 

It was unbelievable. Vasu and I did not believe it. We kept waking up that first night and checking on him, listening to the silence, wondering if he was cooing for us. 

But no! We're now through the 3rd night of this miracle and it seems to be holding true for us! Ronin sleeps through the night, soundly and happily, in his own crib, in his own room. I have been freed from hours and hours of nursing and we're off duty from 7:30 pm until 6:00 a.m. 

We have a whole new lease on life.