Sleep round 2

*(this is for my own memories, I don't expect many of you to care) : )

 
Before Hudson was even a year old, 'everyone' let me know that surely our next baby would NOT be as good a sleeper.  Once baby #2 was actually on its way, we too knew that we shouldn't have expectations for sleep, but man, we sure were hoping.

Well, either we lucked out again, or there is something in our genes - but we are SO GRATEFUL that little Axel has been pretty much matching his brother hour/week for the past 8 weeks.  It's almost bizarre that when I look back at what Hudson was doing sleep wise at what week, Axel's right on target.  Even his nap patterns  and his early bedtime (for a newborn) remind me of Hudson.

Axel was a pretty great sleeper from the start, sleeping for 3-4 hour stretches from those first few days at home.  By day 10 he was sleeping a 5 hour stretch, then going down easily again for another 3.  We weren't as into the swaddle at first, thinking he didn't like it, but then I tried it again and he had his best night so we were hooked.  At 4 weeks he reached 7 hours, plus another 2+, and at 5 weeks he reached 9 hours.

While Axel was sleeping amazingly well, I was not.  It's so convenient having him in the cosleeper next to my bed, but man he is one noisy little guy!  Plus, Hudson was begging to have Axel sleep in his room with him - aww.  So I was inspired by his good sleep to move him into his crib in Hudson's room.  I recall the first time we moved Hudson into his crib, we all slept much better almost immediately.  So at 6 weeks we went for it!  The first night, Axel woke up at around 2am, but didn't wake up Hudson.  The next night Hudson woke up wet, and the commotion woke up Axel.  But the 3rd night, it all worked perfectly, and Axel slept from 8pm-6am! 10 hours!  And at 7 weeks he slept for nearly 12 hours. 

It's been pretty much smooth sailing since then averaging about 10-11 hours most nights.  The best part is neither boy seems very affected by the other.  While we aim to get Axel down first, and then we just quietly go in with Hudson for his last goodnight snuggle, there were nights where I was in there nursing Axel or Brian was rocking him - all while Hudson was falling asleep, and within minutes we'd hear Hudson snoring loudly, unaffected by our presence.  We are lucky, that's for sure.

So here we are at 8 weeks and the boys officially share a room!  Pretty cute.