Our First Big Step

People talk about how there are these mystical "Big Steps" that take place when you're raising your own kids. While I did understand what they meant, I never knew what they meant.. Until the other night..


Mason slept in his crib for the first time.. by himself.. in his room.. alone..


HOLY CRAP THAT WAS SCARY!!


Yeah yeah yeah, he was just in the other room and yes we have a monitor to make sure we know when he cries. But you know what? None of that matters.. When you move your first child in to their own room to sleep by themselves, that's a scary feeling.


The great thing about  him sleeping alone is, we have a really great baby monitor (Angelcare AC1100).  Our monitor provides video so that we can see him while he's sleeping, and a night vision mode. It also has a sensor that connects to the transmitter that monitors if breathing. Basically it can feel the movement of him breathing and if he stops for longer than 20 seconds, the receiver will sound an alarm and vibrate (perfect for Jennifer). However, that didn't work for me..


At one point in the night I glanced over to see if Mason was moving, and he was, but I didn't hear anything.. WHY CAN'T I HEAR ANYTHING!? THIS THING IS BROKEN!! DADDY'S COMING!! I get to his room, and he's not making any sounds.. he was just adjusting himself. Dammit. Now I'm paranoid that the monitor isn't working..


Long story short, I was too paranoid to leave him in the room alone, so I brought him back to sleep with us in the bassinet. Time for some more testing of the monitor! :-)

Monitor View

With Grandma's Blanket