Sleep, glorious sleep!

Maddie and Ben shocked us last night by sleeping for 8 1/2 hours!!

I put them to bed at 8 pm, expecting they would wake up around midnight. I got up about that time to pump and watched them for a few minutes, but no sign that they would wake. So I laid back down, certain that I would be awoken shortly.

I woke up around 4 am and was stunned when I saw the clock. Still no crying babies. But a few minutes later Maddie was clearly waking up, so I woke Ben up too. (although I think he might have slept longer if I not disturbed him).

After eating, they went back to sleep until 7:45 am. Wow.

The funny part is this. There are a couple schools of thought out there about how to get kids this age to sleep through the night. One is to keep them awake during the day so they are tired. The other is "sleep begets sleep" -- the more naps they take during the day, the better they will sleep at night.

Well yesterday, Maddie slept pretty much non-stop from 1 pm on. Ben was awake almost the whole time. Yet both slept through the night!! Very weird.

I don't care the reason, I just hope this is a new trend. :-)