For those of you who are parents, are very familiar with the abbreviation... STTN. It is actually a bit of a dirty word, if you ask me. It is something that is thrown around to new mommies way too often when their babes are oh, so young!!
It is something that causes a lot of moms unneeded stress when they are already sleep deprived because, no- their little one is NOT sleeping through the night. It even causes some mommies to go against their mommy instinct and allow their little one to cry for long periods of time, because they are told this is the ONLY way a baby will sleep through the night.
Well, I have been looking forward to the day where Ryden did this, though I have let him fuss at times at night, I have never left him to cry for long periods. And here we are, STTN- even if it is at 17+ months. I know some of you might laugh at me, since he is SO old and finally doing this. But I think everything comes with time, and this was his pace and his time to do so.
I have been thinking he was there and even mentioned it slightly in passing, but Eric and I actually had a conversation, this morning, that we believe it is FACT now. And safe to talk about, for that matter, without worrying about jinxing it. :)
I am so happy about this!!! :) and now, I am finally starting to sleep all the night through, which is pretty fantastic since it has probably been almost 2 years since I have gotten a good night's sleep.
If any of you are where we were, there is light at the end of the tunnel. :)
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