Self Feeding and Sleeping Through the Night?

George has slept with us since birth. We didn't plan it that way, but between exhaustion and not being able to resist a cuddly baby, it just kind of happened.

Well, last Friday, our cousin-in-law Jeanette dropped off a bunch of hand-me-downs and amongst all the great clothes (thanks Jeanette!) was a book by the 'Sleep Lady'. I've read LOTS of sleep books, and nothing had worked yet. But for some reason the method sounded do-able. Anyway, last Saturday, George slept in his crib by himself for the first time at night. He woke up a few times, but overall, not bad. And then, on Tuesday night, he went to bed fairly easily at 7 pm and didn't make a peep until 6am. I'm still kind of in shock. Now we just have to get him to sleep till 7 am at least!

George is also learning to self feed. He's been making heinous messes out of biter biscuits (they turn into cement when mixed with baby saliva) and is even using his thumb and forefinger (pincer grasp) to pick up little pieces of baby cereal.

This is what he looks like after said biscuits:

Super messy hands!

And here he is with the cereal...not quite making his mouth every time!

Checking out his first pumpkin...

And being a handsome little man!