Night 2
We're now two days into our sleep training. Night one was just about making him stay in the crib all night. He was up seven times. Well, that's better than eight, right? He only nursed twice since D and I traded off going in and he didn't need to nurse the first time I went in, so that was okay.
Last night we started to reduce how much he is nursing, meaning he could only have two feeds (would have been three except he only had two feeds the night before so I jumped straight to two) of prescribed lengths; after that I removed him from the breast and handed him to D, which caused some protest, but not for very long. He was only up four times all night, so I call that some progress.
If there's one thing I've learned it's that it's much better to start training after some thought and reflection rather than in the spur of the moment because you're frustrated - that was most definitely part of my earlier problem. I also hate ther term training; I don't feel like I'm training him. And sleep learning sounds too, well, too much like I'm just trying to justify training...
In any case, I'm optimistic.
Last night we started to reduce how much he is nursing, meaning he could only have two feeds (would have been three except he only had two feeds the night before so I jumped straight to two) of prescribed lengths; after that I removed him from the breast and handed him to D, which caused some protest, but not for very long. He was only up four times all night, so I call that some progress.
If there's one thing I've learned it's that it's much better to start training after some thought and reflection rather than in the spur of the moment because you're frustrated - that was most definitely part of my earlier problem. I also hate ther term training; I don't feel like I'm training him. And sleep learning sounds too, well, too much like I'm just trying to justify training...
In any case, I'm optimistic.
posted by grass @ 7:36 AM
3 Comments:
At 8:50 AM ,
linds said...
YAY - being optimistic is good!! :)
At 8:46 AM ,
Michelle said...
I hope this is still going well! I've been remembering my days of incrementally changing E's sleep habits and associations. It seems so long ago! But I remember it well. Also, I just read about an earthquake in your neck of the woods(ish), are you all OK???
At 9:27 AM ,
kaitlyn said...
The baby book I read calls it "Good Sleep Hygiene." I figure just like he's had to learn absolutely everything else he's mastered so far, he needs some help figuring out how to sleep on his own in his own bed. And just think! By the time you have another baby, you'll know all these tricks already. It's all about the learning curve :) Anyway, hope it's going well!
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