Sleep Training Day 2
Read the first post on sleep training and what happened on day one here.
Here is what happened today:
After waking up at about 8:20am, she was ready for a nap at 11:30. We went through our process for nap time. I put her in the crib and left the room. She stood up and started crying immediately. I went back in after about 2 minutes, laid her down and left. She cried, but it wasn’t real crying. It was off and on and very light. She didn’t get up again. She held her toy and kicked her legs. After only 15 minutes, she was asleep!!
Compare this to the 45 minute saga that took place yesterday, it was fabulous. Her second nap was similar. She cried for 20 minutes, this time more intense crying. But then fell asleep.
At bedtime, we got home late on accident. A 30 minute trip to Babies R Us for a new car seat turned into two hours. She did nap both ways in the car, so about 40 minutes total. But at 10pm, we were finally ready for bed. I put her down in her crib and she cried for 3 minutes before falling asleep.
To be continued…
Hi Manda!! Just wanted to say congrats! This sounds like a great thing for Lily and for you. She’ll be sleeping quicker, content with a schedule and be learning how to control her emotions (something I am still bad at). I can’t believe it only took her 15 minutes the second time! Hopefully that happens more often! I had to put Sarah in her crate for night/bed time and I felt soooo bad at first because she would cry and cry and cry but now she happily goes in her crate on her own and falls asleep without crying. Tim and I can sleep alone (which is a good thing as newlyweds), and we don’t have to worry about smashing her, or finding a little Sarah spot on the bed when we wake up. Anyway, love you! It’s great to see Lily growing up
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