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Baby finally sleeping by herself
In my post Need Help With Controlled Crying, I wrote about letting my 9-month-old cry in the crib for awhile as she was keeping me up all night cradling and nursing her to sleep.
Well, it worked! It only took around three nights to get her to go to sleep on her own! My in-laws were staying with us and witnessed that the crying got less and less each night.
Now when I put her down, she will cry for less than a minute than settle herself. I’ll peek in and see her hugging the muslin cloth I leave for her. It’s so great! I can’t believe it! The only thing I would like to change is her bedtime. I still put her down at 7 p.m. but she always wakes up an hour later. She really goes into deep sleep around 9 pm and wakes up at 7 am.
I can’t complain. She is giving me my nights back! Now if only my 3-year-old would sleep early!
Now that the in-laws have gone back home, I actually miss their help with the kids. On the way to the airport yesterday they joked that they weren’t so annoying. My husband joked back and agreed. My mother-in-law was very helpful in keeping the baby and preschooler occupied when I needed to do something else. She even unloaded the dishwasher and did the laundry!
Last night as I was cleaning the bathroom, I found an envelope with money in it. It was from the in-laws who had tried to give us the money directly at their beginning of their stay. They said they wanted to pay for their room and board. Oh, I forgot to mention they’re English. Very polite and formal at times.
Actually, it should have been me giving the in-laws the money after all the nice help they offered.
(Photo credit: Bedzine.com)
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