Daniel and I recently made the decision to begin sleep training Elijah. We have chosen the "Cry-it-Out"/"Extinction"/"Ferberization" Method. This will be a little journal of our experience so far.
Night 1: Wednesday, Nov. 3rd
7:00pm - Begin bedtime routine (jammies, feeding, storytime, prayer, song, 5ish min. rocking)
7:45pm - Set Elijah in crib calm, with binky
crying,
still crying,
more angry crying.
9:00pm - Finally asleep
11:30pm - Poor baby woken up by car alarm outside his window
- Check temperature, diaper, give back binky
crying,
lots of crying.
12:15am - Sleeping soundly once again
2:45am - Wakes up for regular night time feeding
- Daddy changes diaper and rocks Lijah until he is calm
3:30am - Asleep --> with no crying!
7:00am - Good Morning!
Day 1: Regular morning nap missing, a very fussy baby emerges the first day.
Night 2: Thursday, Nov. 4th
6:50pm - Begin bedtime routine
7:30pm - Elijah in crib, calm with binky
crying as expected,
more crying (Mommy is sad).
8:30pm - Sleeping!
3:30am - Wakes up for regular night time feeding
- diaper changed, rocked till calm, set down in crib wide awake!
4:10am - Sleeping like a baby - with no tears!
8:00am - Wake up Mommy! I want to play!
Day 2: So far so good! Shorter morning nap, but lots of smiles and giggles. :) Mommy, Daddy and Baby Lijah are so happy to have had a great night sleep.
Pray that crying is even less tonight! Pray that God blesses our son with good rest. Praise that his sleep is beginning to regulate itself. :)
Yay! I am so excited for you guys and that your new method is working! :) We will continue to pray for you guys as you keep at it.
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ReplyDeleteoh - sounds like quite the work, but that the second night was much better! Hoping and praying it will continue to get better each night! :-)
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