I'm hesitant to write this because I feel like I just might jinx myself but here goes....
After a great afternoon nap session yesterday I was hopeful that we were going to have a good night. I put Brennan down at 7:30pm and when I went to bed at 10:30pm he hadn't woken yet. Yes!!!! Shortly after 12am I started to hear him squirming and then some fussing. I got up to rub his back and shush him but I think he was getting ticked that I wasn't picking him up and
taking him to bed with me so I gave him a kiss and went back to bed. He fussed, not cried, for a few more minutes and then he fell back asleep. He was sleeping very restless though and every 15 minutes or so he would whimper a bit so I ended up taking him in my bed with me so I could get some sleep. He woke up around 4am to eat and I put him back down in his crib where he slept until 6am this morning. A relatively good night for us!
This morning at nap time I put him down awake and again he fussed for about 5-10 minutes and then fell asleep. The fussing doesn't make me feel as guilty as the crying because I think it is his way of getting himself to sleep. He will do that even if I am rocking him. This afternoon he was finished fussing before I even made it out of the bedroom, then the plumber showed up to snake our laundry room drain. Fantastic! Of course Brennan woke up so I had to put him down again a short while ago. He cried until I shut the door and then went to sleep. He is also taking much longer naps now that he is falling asleep on his own which is giving me some much needed alone time with Aidan and in the afternoon, for myself.
I am hopeful! I think if he was in his own room that I would be less likely to respond so quickly through the night (because sometimes I swear I do it while sleeping), and that his sleep issues through the night would sort themselves out as well. That is something that I need to work on but for now I am celebrating this one small step that really does feel like a giant leap for me.