Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Accomplishments!

So in my recent obsession about sleep habits I have realized that I am not instilling good habits in alexandra by rocking her until she is fast asleep and then putting her down. I have heard its best to put babies down drowsy so they learn to fall asleep on their own and don't freak out if they fall asleep in your arms only to wake up in their crib. I have been way too tired and lazy to even try putting her down at night without rocking her into dreamland, so u decided to give it a try at nap time. So yesterday I swaddled her up, got her drowsy and put her in her crib and stayed there rubbing her tummy until she fell asleep. I was convinced she would nit be able to do it but she did! She only slept for half an hour but hey...its a start! Last night at her 7pm bedtime i was tired from a long day (and my husband had not yet come home from work!) so I decided to rock her to sleep as usual but then 5 min after i layed her down she cried. s I went up and did not pick her up. She was staring up at me but stopped crying. I rubbed her tummy for about 20 minutes and she fell asleep! Woo hoo! another unintentional accomplishment! I know this is just a start but its a step in the right direction! Ultimate goal... put baby in crib drowsy and leave the room and she falls asleep! ha ha! that seems so impossible but we will see. so today I am prooud of my baby! She did great!!!

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7 comments:

  1. manymanymoonsMarch 29, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    Look at that little thing. So sweet.

    Good for you for taking baby steps (no pun intended) in the sleep department. I can only imagine during those peacful times when she's almost asleep in your arms it would be so hard to put her down and leave the room. Those are probably some of your favorite moments and I wouldn't want to give those up either.

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  2. FirstTimeMomMarch 29, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    That's an amazing accomplishment! Alex is pretty good at putting himself to sleep. It's nice to not have to try and put them down when they are fast asleep. Makes bed time and nap time a bit easier. Good for you!! :) I hope you reach that goal of being able to put her in her crib and not have to stay until she falls asleep.

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  3. MeganMarch 29, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    You're headed in the right track! And I'm exactly the same as you...I only put my little one down after she's asleep. And yes, I know this means that I'll have to "re-teach" her later, but for now, it's just the easiest solution. Since I have another kiddo, leaving my baby to cry isn't an option since the other kid is trying to sleep too.

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  4. KaraMarch 29, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    Good job!

    I wasn't able to get my baby to fall asleep on her own entirely until she was 6 months old, then something just clicked.

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  5. Stefanie BlakelyMarch 29, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Great Job, Mama!

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  6. NMarch 30, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    That's great. Just do what you want at your own pace.

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  7. ALMarch 30, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    Good job!!

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