Small Victory

This week has been a bit of a rough one and trying on the patience for one reason only.....trying to teach Benjamin how to nap more than 30 minutes in his crib.  He will sleep for hours in the car, or in his swing or being held, and he sleeps great in his crib at night.  He just fights crib naps like crazy (unfortunately, he gets his crazy sleep habits from his mama)  So it's been a week of being patient while he cried it out some, being diligent about keeping a schedule, and being consistent.  On Friday Benjamin woke up around 7:45, and we played, read, etc, like we always do.  At 9:40 I put him down for his nap and he went down without crying.  He sometimes does this but will only sleep for 30 minutes.  This time however, he slept for 2 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES.  Without crying once.  Hallelujah!!!  I almost didn't know what to do :-)  He woke up, we played, fed him, had a bath and after about 2 hours he went down for his 2nd nap of the day.  He cried for 5 minutes, slept for 35 minutes, cried for 30 minutes then slept another hour and 10 minutes.  Hallelujah!!  Major progress.  He also went to bed that night at 8pm, we fed him at 11pm, he woke up at 5:15am to eat and then slept until 9am.  Hallelujah!!  Seriously.  The encouragement and sleep he gave me by sleeping so well yesterday is the perfect Mother's Day present.  I love my little Benjamin!