Closet or Zantac?!?

Zachary SLEPT through the night last night!!!! Very first time in 5+ months!! Hoping/Praying it wasn't a fluke!

I have been trying a few different things with him and maybe just the combination of them all have finally worked.

I put him on Zantac & that was his 4th full day on it. Could that have finally kicked in? I think I have read that it takes a few days to get into the system to help.

He napped well yesterday too. I put him down after being awake for 2 hours or so & that worked great. I've tried that before but he didn't always cooperate!

My actual plan last night was to put Z1 (Big Z for Jennie) in the pack & play in my bedroom closet & let Z2 (Little Z) CIO. Well I forgot to put Z1 in my room so just put him in his crib like normal & then put Z2 in the pack n play in the closet. I figured I'd hear him & it'd be easier to get him this way too since his room is on a different level. And since I suck at CIO, I probably wouldn't have lasted long anyhow.

So Z2 went down at 9 pm last night & slept until 6:30 this morning!!! That is NINE and 1/2 HOURS of straight sleep for him. That is the most he has ever slept in a row! I of course kept waking up listening for him & worrying & wondering why in the hell isn't he waking up!? It's been 3 hours......it's been 6 hours....ok, I better get to sleep!

So either he liked it in the dark closet, he didn't hear any Zander noises, or the Zantac kicked in. Whatever it was, I LIKED it.