The boys are sleeping!!!!

Okay so over the weekend I decided that it was time for the boys to start getting themselves to sleep on their own.  I was so tired of rocking them to sleep then trying to lay them down only to have them pop their little heads up like it was 7 in the morning.  So I set Monday as a starting day.  I was going to be home alone and knew that when I laid them down for their nap that they could cry and I wouldn't get a guilt trip from anyone.  Well,  Dylan went right to sleep without any problems!!  Conner on the other hand screamed for an hour.  So at an hours time I went and picked him up and brought him downstairs.  I didn't however let him go to sleep on me.  I made sure that he kept himself occupied and didn't really love on him to much.  This way he wouldn't consider it a reward.  He was so sleepy an hour later and was begging me to go to sleep.  I fought through it though and kept him up.  Well, then it came time for the next nap and Dylan went right down again.  Conner fought it again.  So to say that he was tired when it came bedtime was an understatement.  I put Dylan down and he moaned and whimpered for about 5 minutes and then off the dreamland.  Conner put up a huge fight.  I let him scream for about 45 minutes and then went and sat in his room with him until he went to sleep.  I never touched him or did any consoling.  He finally went to sleep!  They slept all night!!!!  Conner woke up at 5:30 to eat and Dylan got up at 7:00.  Tuesday came and they both went down for their naps great.  Only a few cries and no screaming.  Last night was even better.  They both went down and within 10 minutes they were both asleep.  This morning Conner was up at 6:30 and Dylan was up at 7:00.  They both slept almost 11 hours.  Can't beat it.  I am loving this.  I just hope they keep it up.

Dylan update

Sorry it has been so long.  Life has been a little crazy.  As most of you know by now we went to the neurologist a month ago today and he said that Dylan was showing the first sign of cerebral palsy.  I knew that he was going to say it but I kept hope alive that maybe it was just me over analyzing.  Unfortunately, I was not.  Dylan has increased tightness in his arms and legs.  His arms seem to be worse than his legs.  We have a physical therapist that comes to the house one time a week and then I do the exercises 3 times a day on the days she isn't here.  It can be very overwhelming at times but you do what you gotta do.  Overall he is doing very well.  He is starting to track things much better and he seems to be much more alert.  Everyday we hope and pray for the best and just love him as much as we can.  I want to thank all of you for the prayers and well wishes.  It is wonderful to know that we have such great friends.