Look Who's Sleeping!

 

Can we just cheer? Please? A nice loud cheer would be really great right now, because someone has slept TWO nights in a row for eight hours without interuption. YES! We have turned a corner people and this child is on her way to nights full of ZZZZZ's. 

 

 

Which then means that I am on my way to some ZZZZ's. 

 

Dearest Sleep,

It has been too long. 

Thank you for still being there, even if you have been sadly 

ignored these last eight or more months.  I love you. 

There I said it.  I love you sleep.

Love, Jen

 

We'll see what happens this next week, but I have my hopes up. 

And just as an aside---I was doing all sorts of reading about how to get your child to sleep through the night.  I was determined not to let her cry it out.  I just couldn't do the whole cry it out sleep training thing.  Maybe because she's my last, or maybe because I've gotten soft in my old age, but I couldn't bear it. (BTW my doctor said, "Good luck.  Because all babies need to cry a little.")  Which is probably true, but I thought I would try.

 

Anyway, I read that if your baby isn't getting her proper rest during the day (ie, really good naps) then she won't sleep well at night.  This statement made this biggest difference for us.  Lola was not a great napper.  As soon as I got that under control, then nightime soon fell into place.

 

I read, "No Cry Sleep Solution..." Although I don't agree with everything she said in this book, I really gained some valuable knowledge about babies and sleep, which help me decide how I was going to try to get Lola to sleep through the night.  Fingers crossed that she continues to sleep.