Day 2 of Challenge: no-cry sleep solution

Day 2 of Challenge No cry Sleep Solution

Yesterday was definitely not easy on our new sleep routine. I had to leave the house to get some work done and drop food of to a friend going through a difficult time. With that being said, we were out of our house for our second and third nap. I timed our road time around his nap time. My son sleeps very well in the car. It is practically hypnotizing to him. As soon as we get going he crashes. His naps weren’t quality but none the less we got them into our day! Even though we had some challenges, we saw success at night time.

Our second night of sleep training was as follows:

Time Awake	How put back to sleep	Time Asleep
7:32pm He went to bed
10:50pm	Gave him his pacifier and rocked him	10:52pm
12:30am	Nursed him and he slept with mom until good and asleep	1:33
3:30am	Nursed him and gave him his pacifier	3:52

Total times he woke up: 3

Total time he spent awake: approximately 44minutes

  This is a huge change even from the first night I charted. This may not be permanent but it sure is promising! I feel like success is mine!!  For a child his age, 5 months, he is expected to get up at night 2-3 times. Technically speaking he slept “through the night!” I had a totally different baby this morning. One that was well rested and ready to play. I was a totally different mommy too! While I had a lot of success last night, my journey and challenge isn't over yet. With babies one night might be good while another awful. The goal is to get him in a routine to sleep "through the night" most nights. Another part of the goal is also to help him be able to fall asleep on his own. I love rocking my son to sleep as much as the next mother, but at 3am I love it just a little less.

  His mobile for his bed came in the mail yesterday, so today we worked on spending some play time in his crib. This is to help him feel safe when he wakes up and finds himself in his crib. Think about it, he falls asleep in his mom’s loving arms and wakes up to find himself in a crib. As Elizabeth Pantley put it in her book the no-cry sleep solution, “Imagine this. You fall asleep in your nice, warm, comfy bed with your favorite pillow and your soft blanket…what if you woke up to find yourself sleeping on the kitchen floor without blankets or a pillow? Could you simply turn over and go back to sleep?” Giving him some familiar things like the mobile and a lovie might help ease his anxiety when he wakes up at night.

*The link I attached to Elizabeth Pantley's book today has links to print off sleep logs.