Well, this weekend, that all changed. We have been working diligently on his sleeping habits. We did a modified gradual removal, beginning by putting him in his crib and rubbing his back to go to sleep. Then, we were able to reduce to just holding his hand and did this for every waking. We have also been trying to get him attached to a lovey (a stuffed Pooh bear that rattles). Since Pooh bear, there have been a few times that we don't even have to hold his hand to go to sleep.
We have not yet removed ourselves from sitting next to his crib, because that causes the hysterics to begin (hence, the modified removal method). We have been seeing definite improvements, starting with giving up his night feeding and longer periods of sleep. Then, on Friday, the miracle began to happen. He woke a couple of times before 11pm, then slept through till 6am. Then, on Saturday, he did the same thing, even after the transfer from car to crib (we were at a friends house) at 1am. Sunday, it got even better...he went to bed at 8:30pm and slept straight until 6am. We were in heaven. I was ready to write my very own no cry sleep solution book.
Well, after that, it is slowly going downhill. Monday, he woke at 4am...Tuesday, at 2am....and, last night at 11pm. Where did we go wrong? Grrr!!!! If you have suggestions that don't involve crying, we are all ears.
We have tons of cute videos we need to post, but since we got rid of our cable internet, it takes FOREVER to upload, so they will be coming slowly!
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