Today was "Day One" of our sleeping and weaning plan. We put it in writting and discussed and committed as a team, yesterday. It involes keeping to a flexible schedule, earlier bedtime, lots of snacks and distractions instead of nursing, and sleeping only in the crib.
She slept well last night. She went to bed at 8:20p and woke up at 11p for 5min and 3a for 30min. I was able to get into her room before she stirred at 7:30a. It was super encouraging. I changed her and brought her right to the highcahir because I am only nursing before naps and bedtimes. We did rock, nurse and read before she went down for her 9:30a nap with sleep music playing. She cried for 30min. When I went in to check on her she had a big poopy diaper. She was back asleep by 10:10am. I heard a fuss and 10:50, but she put herself back to sleep (hurray). She woke up at 11:30.
After snack, play, lunch, and more play it's nap time again. This time we nursed and rocked and read a book and then I put her in the crib and read another one. I really want to break the negative association with crib and the nursing/falling asleep association as well and this seemed like a simple way to do it. She slept 1:10-2:40 and woke up making happy sounds! I've been waiting for the day when she would stop screaming to signal she was awake.
She was thrilled about her bedtime routine tonight. I suggested daddy give her bath after dinner since her earlier bedtime ate into his quality time. When she got out of the highchair she went right to the bathroom and yelled "BATH!" After bath we nursed and rocked, but she decided she was done and pointed to the crib I laid her down and stroked her hair for less than a minute and she was out. Not a single tear. Amazing.
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