Temperment: Abigail was a HAPPY baby all evening! She did not seem over tired/cranky at all! She wasn't even showing signs of being tired, other than being kind of quiet & low key, so we hesitantly decided to try our bedtime routine even though she wasn't obviously tired and...it worked!
Routine: We did our routine as planned & it went quickly! We headed upstairs at 8:10pm & she was asleep in her crib by 8:30. I nursed her, she was sleepy but still kind of awake, swayed her over to the crib, put her down & then did the gradual removal of the pacifier. She fell asleep WITHOUT her paci! Yay!
Sleep & Night Wakings: She slept for 1 hour, woke up but went back to sleep within 10 minutes, again without her pacifier & I didn't hold her for very long at all. Then she slept for a 4 hour stretch, I nursed her at that point, she went back asleep without any use of the pacifier. After that - 2 more hours & then at 4am she only slept for 30 minutes, then 15, then 5! ha! She was WIDE AWAKE at 5am - an hour earlier than normal. I snuggled with her in bed because I was not quite ready to get up just yet. And we accidentally fell back asleep - oops!
The positives:
- She was NOT cranky in the evening, as she has been lately :)
- She went to sleep without her pacifier at bedtime & at 4 night wakings
- Daddy helped at 1:45am & was able to get her back to sleep without the pacifier & without mom
- I was able to keep the holding part to a minimum. for the most part I was able to get her back to sleepy lying in her crib by only putting my arm unde her neck or leaning down to "shhh" her. This was a big step, in my opinion!
- NO CRYING! Well, I mean she would wake up & fuss, but we were able to do all of this without making her cry. When she fussed, we came in & soothed her and she was easily put back to sleep - every time.
Total hours of nap time: 3.5
Total hours of night sleep: 8.5
Grand total sleep: 12 hours
2 hours short of what she should be getting, but I'm optimistic things will improve over time.
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