Monday, January 24, 2011

Sleep Training 201

It took a little over a month, but my wish came true; Nathan's sleeping 11-12 hours EVERY night.  The first few weeks I experimented with different nap schedules and bed times; from waking him up from his nap after an hour or two, to letting him sleep as long as he wanted or skipping his afternoon nap all together.  Oddly enough, he slept better when he went down for his nap at 4pm and slept as long as he wanted. Around the third week he started sleeping 10 hours consistently.  On the off nights he'd wake up around  2 or 3, eat and want to play.  By the time he feel asleep it was time for me to start getting ready for work.  Around week 4 Nathan started sleeping 11 hours pretty much every night. Some nights I'd hear him wake up and start wimpering, but he'd soon soothe himself back to sleep. 


SECRET WEAPON - Elmo

 

4 comments:

  1. Does the secret weapon work on newborns? If so, I'm buying one tonight! LOL!

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  2. It's nice to know there is hope for Ariana's (and my) sleep future.

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  3. OMG!! so jealous Georgina! Congrats on your succss, i know you deserve a good night's sleep

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  4. um.. the fact that he's trying to EAT elmo in his sleep - is even funnier!

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