Very Soon 3 am will be for sleeping. Ahhhhhh.

So, last night we started Ferber. For those unfamiliar, it is a sleep training method created by the noted sleep scientist, Dr. Richard Ferber. He is considered to be the leading individual in the field of sleep disorders and sleep training in children and adolescents. He published his book "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems" in 1985 and has recently come out with a new edition. Dr. Ferber created the progressive-waiting approach in which you put your child sleepy but awake in bed/crib and allow them to cry at increasing intervals before going in to briefly check on them (sorry, no picking up). Each night you increase the number you wait to go in by a few minutes and anywhere from 1-7 nights your child is sleeping through the night without your aid. Here's what happened last night:

First of all Will's nap schedule was all funky yesterday, so he didn't get an afternoon nap and went down at 8:30 VERY easily (didn't even cry). But, then he was up at midnight and cried for 2 hours, slept for 30 minutes, then cried for and hour and a half, at which point I fed him (it had been 7 hours between feedings) and he went right back to sleep (laid him awake in crib, no crying) until 7:40 this morning. It was so hard. The funny thing is that the hardest part was not actually listening to him cry for so long, but it was not falling asleep while he did because I had to go into to his room every 5-10 minutes. I wanted to sleep so badly. Technically last night should be the worst of it, so that's good, and today naps shouldn't be too hard since he's pretty tired from crying a good portion of the night. I'll keep you posted.

Here's an update from the weekend.

CHICAGO MARATHON: FREAKING HOT AND I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE CAN RUN 26 MILES IN THAT HEAT.

Well, it was actually proven that they can't because, as you may know from hearing the news over the weekend, they ended up calling off the race after 4 hours and one guy even died. Michael and Paul finished with amazing stamina and Lena had to stop due to extreme exhaustion and injury. I am so amazed and proud of the three of them. Here are some pictures. I'm mad because I didn't get any of Lena or Erin (Paul's girlfriend), but here are some from the race and also some random photos from the weekend.