The Bassinet Substitution

I mentioned that recently Anna has had trouble sleeping like she used to.

It might have been teething. It might have been the heat.

Since we've had four 90+ degree days in a row, and Anna's room isn't air conditioned, my husband and I thought we might try an experiment.

To let her sleep in our bed, in a bassinet, with us.

This is the first time we have let her do this.

Like, ever.

How did it go?

She had trouble falling asleep. So in our parenting wisdom by sheer dumb luck we turned on the ceiling fan, which combined with my iPhone flashlight, lulled her to sleep.

And she slept straight on through, with a minor pitstop at 4 AM for 3 ounces of milk.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

And I have to say, it was SO sweet to have all three of us in bed together. It just felt like a fun family thing to do. When she dozed off, my husband and I slowly and carefully crawled our way back into bed like stealth ninjas and fell asleep too!

Turns out, she's just like her father. He overheats easily, and she seems to be the same furnace he is. Sleeping in the A/C seemed to do the trick!

Best night ever. : )