All sleeping at once!

Last night was full of firsts and the result was all 3 of us in bed sleeping at once. Amazing! And, even more amazing, it was from 10pm-1am during his normally "fussy time".

How we all ended up in bed together was due to two major changes we introduced on Sunday. First, we helped Stanley get rid of his gas. I was talking with my friend April, who has baby a few days younger than Stanley. As moms we were discussing the gross topics of poop color, vomit, gas, ... I won't list anymore for your sake. I had mentioned that Stanley was a very gassy baby. She suggested three "massage techniques" to eliminate gas.
1. Bicycle the feet
2. Push the knees into the chest for a bit
3. draw on their stomach's I,L,U. (we haven't tried this one yet--it was hard to understand over the phone)

#2 works REALLY well. We will post a video of this--it is amazing. Steve pushes Stanley's legs into his chest. (See photo below) Stanley is not very happy while it is happening, but then either during the pushing or a moment afterwords, Stanley lets out the largest, juiciest farts you could ever imagine and the result is a very happy baby boy.

The second "new" item for our little son was a pacifier. He loved it!! We gave it to him in bed and both Steve and I felt dirty--as if we were cheating or something. He took right to it and we all fell asleep at the same time. Cheating or not, we will be using it in the future.

Amazing!!