Last night, for the second time in three days, Evie slept in her crib until 5am.
!!
She cried when I first put her down and didn’t stop after about 5 or 10 minutes so I retrieved her, nursed her some more, and tried again. Kile and Harry both were out in the loft at the time too, watching television and playing Halo and the lights were on and all that good stuff. So I had to walk by them to get her to her room and she was thinking, “Hey, I wanna join the party!” Also, she had drowsed off while nursing the first time and I think she actually falls asleep in her crib better if she doesn’t also fall asleep while nursing.
The next attempt, she cried again but this time for only about five minutes. And then she was quiet. ZOMG.
I didn’t make the same mistake I made on Sunday night where I went to get her if she was only fussing. But, looking back, I’m not sure ever really fussed. In fact, Kile went to peek in on her when we went to bed at nearly midnight (what is WRONG with us? what do we have against going to bed at a reasonable hour??) and she was fast asleep.
I actually thought it was earlier than it was when she woke up. I listened to her fuss for a few minutes until it was clear that she was not going to fall back asleep. In fact, as soon as I brought her back into bed with us and got to nursing her, she fell right back asleep. I imagine I could have put her back in her crib then, but I like being able to cuddle with her, at least a little bit. Though I think I’ll have to toughen up in a couple months.
But that’s not the end of it! She went back to sleep after I nursed her at 5am and I woke up, as I always do, when Kile got out of the shower a couple hours later. I nursed her again at that point and… she went back to sleep. She NEVER does that. Here it was 7:30 and she was sleeping MORE? In fact, she didn’t wake up until after Harry left for school, at nearly 9am. Wow.
I hestitate to call the battle “won” at this point. And, according to Kile, his parents are coming this weekend so she’ll be back in with us for a couple more days (I always worry about consistency, but I imagine it’ll all be okay). But these are definitely some wonderful steps in the right direction. Sleeping, on her own, in her own crib, without nursing, for NINE hours… well, that’s something I can get behind. Way to go, Evie!
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OH, I’m jealous! Sleep is my pitfall as a mother– I simply can’t deal with the crying and everybody ends up in my bed and I end up with no sleep. It’s a pretty bad plan!!
WOW!! Since we moved, Elizabeth will sleep in her crib, but only if I stay in the room with her until she falls asleep. And since she has proven herself to be a “cry till I throw up” baby, I can’t let her cry herself out. So, there’s an air mattress taking up most of the room on her floor. So seriously, I’m jealous.