We had a much better time this night. I was worried because she had 2 good naps yesterday and I thought she might not want to sleep much at night. Plus, she has a hard time staying awake until 8:30, and is usually cranky and tired by 7 or so. However, I really want her to go to bed as late as possible as I won't get home until 6:30 (later if traffic is bad) when I go back to work and I can't imagine coming home and putting her to bed right away. So I tried very hard to keep her up as late as possible and I think 8 will work for us. She only cried for about 15 minutes this time and slept until 11. I am struggling with the idea of not feeding her still, so I got up at 12 and fed her. She downed 4 oz again so I am definately going to take my time weaning her off of that feeding. She went right back to sleep with out any fuss and woke back up at 3:30. I fed her again, but only 2 oz. I think that tonight I will only feed her 1 oz at this time and by the next night, cut out this feeding completely. I put her down and she stared at her mobile and layed there for awhile and then fell asleep on her own!!! She then woke up at 6, but I let her lay there until 7.
She is napping again at around the same time as yesterday so I hope this pattern keeps up as it is nice to have a break to get some cleaning done.
Putting her to bed at a decent time has really made me happy in the evenings!! Don't get me wrong! I LOVE spending time with my babe, but it has been so nice the last few evenings to be an adult again! I had the best time watching TV with Matt and I got to eat some snacks :) I can see that I should have started this schedule thing awhile ago!
We will see how it goes tonight! I am trying not to be a pessimist but a part of me thinks things won't go smoothly anymore!!!!
yay! Glad to hear it went better! Hopefully it will just keep getting better for you :)
ReplyDeleteShelly!!!!!!!!! I am right there with you with the lack of sleep. They are so little but sooooooooo loud. Don't they know most people are sleeping at that time? haha.
ReplyDeleteI asked Jess but in case she doesn't see the message, which books did you borrow? I am trying to get info on which sleep training we are going to use as I think they are ready. They are getting up (read: screaming their head off) only to eat about an oz. or so.
I will be checking your blog to see progress. You can give me hope if it works out.
(One idea I have read, not sure if it is true...is that sleep creates more sleep. So, don't be afraid if she sleeps a lot in the day. It "shouldn't' keep her from sleeping at night. But then again mine are still waking every 3-4 hours so maybe I am wrong).