Sleep training has begun
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…)
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008