Because I Said So
My life as a Mom

Day 3 of of Project Ferber, and the magnificent Pickle put himself to sleep without crying!!!

Yeah, I’m still reeling.

Night one: 45 minutes of crying, 1 wakeup w/ 60 minutes of crying

Night two: 30 minutes of crying, 1 wakeup (put himself back to sleep)

Night three: NO CRYING AT ALL!!! Number and quality of wakeups remains to be seen.

And oh my god, his mood has been *so* *much* *better*.  It’s like night and day - the cranky little demon we’ve been living with for the past month is gone and my sweet wonderful baby has returned.  I hereby apologize for every smug skeptical comment I have ever made about sleep training.  Sleep training ROCKS.

And after the first night, seems to be a success (knock wood).  Pickle fell asleep at 8:30 after about 45 minutes of crying, woke up at 1 and cried for another hour, then slept until 7 and woke up in the best mood I’ve seen him in ages first thing in the morning.  (He had been in the habit of waking up at 5:30am screaming.  Waking up at 7am quietly babbling is a massive improvement.)

Our downstairs neighbors haven’t left us any nasty notes, so either they prefer the sound of a crying baby to the sound of our rocking chair or they’ve simply decided never to speak with us again.  Ah well, c’est la vie.

Fingers are crossed that tonight will involve shorter periods of crying and continue the trend of waking only once (or not at all!) and sleeping until at least 6:30 and waking up happy.  Hm. I think I need more fingers. (more…)