Elmo, The Dinosaur, and Teddy

It's no secret that we have always rocked Carson to sleep. It has never really been a big deal because he takes his bottle and typically falls asleep during it and I think of it as my time with my little guy. Lately, it hasn't been working that well.

So, Monday night he wouldn't go to sleep and I told him it was night night time and put him in his crib. He proceeded to say Elmo and point towards his basket of Stuffed animals that I just put in his room this past weekend. I leaned over, got Elmo, the dinosaur, and the teddy and put them in bed with him. He snuggled and rolled over and went to bed. I was impressed. Carson has never been attached to anything (binkie, blanket, stuffed animal, etc) so was kinda shocked when he was content the minute I put some stuffed animals in the crib with him.

Last night I was going to try again but he fell asleep while rocking so no problem.

Tonight, we rocked and he had his bottle but didn't fall asleep. So I told him it was night night time and put him in his crib. I then grabbed Elmo, The dinosaur, and teddy and snuggled them all up next to him. He put his arm around Elmo and said "blanky" so I grabbed a blanket and covered him up and he said "night night" and went to sleep. No crying, no whining, nothing!!!! I actually am still in shock - have we reached a milestone???