Chocolate, beer, and a bottle

Good Morning!!! Caleb slept 7 hours last night, and I am racking my brain to figure out what I did different that allowed for that.

My escape shopping trip.

• His bed time was pushed later by about 90m. When Dad got home I passed Caleb off and ran away for an hour. I just needed an escape for a little while. I had been working hard at trying to get Caleb to eat from a bottle, and it had been a battle bringing about tears from both of us. Although I breast feed 99% of the time, I want him use to a bottle to so Dad can feed. 
• In the amount of time I was gone he was stimulated a lot. Then once I got home I continued the stimulation and had him standing on my lap for a long time. 
• After bath time, Caleb was really worked up, to the point of panting. It took many tries to finally get him asleep. All told it was 830p before he was out, when usually it's closer to 700p. 

I also might have solved the bottle issue by trying something new. He was only taking about an ounce from the Madela bottle and then would cry at the site of the bottle. It was a battle. I started using the MAM bottle and immediately had success. Hopefully he keeps it up, and wake up every morning with such smiles and laughter.