So, we of course, if you haven't read any of our previous blogs, spoil our daughter! She sleeps in bed with us. She use to sleep in her bassinet but by morning would end up in bed with us. Then when we moved we decided okay she is almost 6 months she needs to sleep in her crib.....and then she got sick! So, this last weekend we started over with trying to get her to sleep in her crib.
I was expecting a big fight. I had heard horror stories of babies who slept with their parents and then could never transition into a crib. So, we bought a mobile and hoped that would help. Well, let me back track and tell you that I have been doing as much kanagroo rearing as I can so I obviously dont believe in letting kids "cry it out" so I looked at a bunch of different approaches and he chose one that was a little bit of BTR and "Crying it out.
So, we put her in her crib and let her cry for ten minutes and then went in and picked her up and calmed her down and then put her back in the crib, then we waited another ten minutes and then repeated the cycle. Altogether we did it three times and she was out. The next night I calmed her down once and then she was out for 12 hours! So um, thats awesome!
We are really happy and excited for her but the funny thing is that WE are the ones that miss HER in our bed. lol Landon kept having nightmares that something would happen to her and would wake up and go in and check on her. What a good Daddy! I on the other hand have zonked out both nights! YESSSSS! Its been great for me!!!
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