Layla fell asleep in her crib with no crying and no pacifier!! She slept from 9pm-8am with about 25 minutes of wake-time to eat. She fell back asleep after maybe 2 minutes of crying. What a glorious night! Now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it wasn't a fluke and will continue once school begins next week.
We've tried the "crying it out" method of falling asleep this week. Basically you go in after 3 minutes of crying and console & caress but don't pick up. You then wait 5 minutes, 7 minutes, 10 minutes...and then keep going back every 10 minutes. I think each new night you're supposed to wait a bit longer before going in the first time, but we kept it at 3 minutes. 7 minutes is the longest we've had to wait.
Wednesday night she cried for about 30 minutes. That was not fun AT ALL! However, I think this is very tame compared to stories I've heard from other parents.
Thursday night was about 20. Friday night 15ish. Saturday night was maybe 5 minutes. And last night was nothing!!!
We're still giving her a pacifier for naps during the day.
I might also add that I feel schedules are for the birds...not for babies! We have given up on a schedule...at least for the time being. I'm sure once school & daycare begin we'll see more of a consistent schedule emerge.
3 comments:
I'm glad you had a great night! I have a question about crying it out...when you go in to comfort her, does she stop crying? We have tried this (half heartedly...I only let her cry for 5 minutes) But when I go to comfort her, she is so upset that she won't stop crying unless I pick her up. I didn't know if I was doing it right.
Same here. Sometimes Caden gets soooo worked up... This is hard!
How is swimming going?
Caden slept 10.5 straight hours last night. I'm sure it was just a random growth spurt thing, but that would be awesome if he started sleeping through the night again! Right now I'm listening to him scream his lungs out...this is really the worst part of the day. I wish it was easier! 1 more minute and then I'm going in...
Thinking of you girls as you get your little ones to bed too!
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