Saga of sleep, Day Two

This is a new day. Today, we are sticking to our goals. Today, we teach Faith to sleep unassisted. But some changes need to be made. I am letting her sleep in our bed so I can get her to nap and put some deposits into her sleep bank.

So, I woke her up at 7 a.m., turned on all the lights and simulated morning sunshine. I had her fed and changed by 8:30 a.m. and watched for signs of drowsiness. Ten minutes later, I started to soothe her; I gave her warm milk (from the bottle) and rocked her until she was sleepy. Like yesterday, I placed her in the crib (I was still hoping!) and as before, she cried. I only left her for 30 minutes this time. She was wide awake when I got her. Wide awake and all wired. I had to get her to nap! SO, once again, she napped in our bed. This time, she fell asleep for two hours! Ching... sleep deposit made...

Afternoon. I decided to just let her nap in bed. She fell asleep on her own, without having to breastfeed. Yehey! Victory... She slept for one hour, woke up briefly, and slept again for another two hours. I ended up sleeping with her, so ka-ching, small sleep deposits for both of us.

It's now 6:30 p.m.. Faith had been fed, massaged and in her pjs. It's now time to put her to sleep. I gave her the bottle, hubby turned on her lullaby, and we prayed for her. She's now sleepy and ready for the crib. We closed the room and waited. Of course she cried! And she was at it for two hours - whimper, cry, scream, wail, sob,scream, whine. I can hear her cry "boo-boo-boo", something she says when she's not feeling well. Good thing she can't say "mommy" or "daddy" yet, otherwise it would have been too much. Finally, she was quiet by 9 p.m., and only the occasional protest until 11 p.m. Hubby reminds me not to breakdown, and I do all I can to have a heart of steel. I purposely didn't put the monitor in our room so that I won't hear her sobs, but we opened our door so we'll wake up in case she screams.

We all sleep.