My sleep training is going well. It has been a week and I have been able to put myself to sleep every night so far. I still start off crying every night, but I manage to calm myself down and put myself to sleep. I’m always asleep within the hour. My best record so far is about 15 minutes. I don’t drift off to sleep peacefully and quietly. I cry, roll around, explore the borders of my crib, and just keep moving until I fall asleep. I found that I fall asleep much easier on my tummy. When Mommy and Daddy check in on me, they either find me awake on my tummy or asleep on my tummy. I also rotate around a lot too. All that activity naturally leads to some sweating and that leads to my funky hair.
Overall, I’m sleeping a lot longer than I did before when I was rocked to sleep. It’s probably because I now know how to put me back to sleep. So all the little things that woke me up before are just minor interruptions to my sleep and I put my head back down and go back to sleep.
I even fall asleep faster after my midnight feeding. I usually don’t cry at all when I’m put down after my bottle. I just lie there and drift off to sleep. It’s very different than when I’m initially put to bed.
Mommy and Daddy are very proud of the progress I have made in my sleep training. They are actually surprised with how well it is going. They are checking in on me a lot, even after I’ve completely gone to sleep. It is just so quiet, that they want to make sure I’m okay.
I’ve gotten so use to being in my crib, that I often wake up in the morning and just wait in my crib until Mommy picks me up. Sometimes I’ll cry out if I’m especially hungry or need a diaper change, but otherwise, I’ll just wait patiently.