April 23, 2010
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Sleeping by himself
I can’t even believe I’m writing this. BB has been a decent sleeper, but it was always a struggle to get him to go to sleep. Once he’s asleep, he’s fine. Even if he woke up at night, he could put himself back to sleep with no problem. It was always that initial part. We sleep trained, but it still usually took 20+ minutes of screaming and crying every single night before he went down. This past week, he has been going to bed by himself. Out of the blue. Sometimes he’ll wail for a few seconds, but that’s it. It’s amazing! Today I tried it with his naps. Usually, we let him nap on the couch, and we’ll snuggle until he falls asleep. Today, it was past his naptime and he wouldn’t go down, so I just put him in the crib. I totally expected a screaming fest…but after a few seconds of wailing, it was quiet. And he’s now asleep!!!! I know I’m probably jinxing myself for writing this post, but it’s so amazing to us that this is happening! He used to also scream and cry as soon as he woke up in the morning, but he doesn’t do that anymore either. He’ll play in his crib for about 20 minutes before he starts fussing for his milk.
The only thing that we’ve done differently is that I put 2 extra stuffed animals in there. They’re a little bigger than the normal ones he snuggles with. They’re both dogs, so they’re long and skinny….so I just put one on each end of the crib. I’m not sure if that made the difference or if it was coincidence.
I LOVE IT. Bed and naptime was always SO stressful before.
And the words are coming fast now! yay! He spoke at least 5 new words this week alone. Now he’ll repeat what we say and remember it. Although sometimes he’ll repeat it and then say something completely different the next time. Oh well. I’ll take it!
Comments (8)
wow that’s awesome!!! i hope my daughter can get to that point one day!
@efficientb2 -
I hope you won’t have to wait 18 months like we did
You know what? We did a similar thing when M was younger. We had bought the ikea croc and hippo http://www.sickathanaverage.com/.a/6a00e5504d1b2f88330120a755ac6d970b-800wi and she slept a lot better. sometimes she would roll over and be hugging them.
wow that is awesome!
wow! that gives me hope!!! I thought I was the only person having a hard time putting him to bed. He puts up a fight for like an hour!!! but I figured out a trick, he likes to snuggle with big pillows, so I’d put him on my bed and put two pillows on each side. hahahaha. i guess just like your dog idea. hahaha. and he falls asleep right away… but i’m working on doing this in his crib. he only likes to sleep on our bed!!! boooo…
@jeyi99 -
We haven’t tried pillows yet with Tyler. It’s kind of pointless for him since he’s such a mobile sleeper. I tried a small pillow today for his nap and now he’s facing the other way and his feet are on the pillow hahaha.
Does J have a stuffed animal that he likes? Tyler ends up just snuggling down with his favorite stuffed animal(s)…the dogs are just there for support!
@MissMamacita -
oh, I put two pillows on the right and left side of him because he’s a side sleeper so he snuggles with the pillows… not to sleep on with his head… i think i’ll have to get him a big stuffed animal to snuggle with in the crib if that works…
@jeyi99 -
Oh…I thought in earlier pics, you had a pillow in the crib for his head. Get small stuffed animals only! If he gets attached, he’ll want it ALL the time…not just at bedtime. And then you’re going to have to lug it around in your bag hahaha.