Going to Sleep on her Own!

I did CIO, but I really think Dagney was just pretty much ready herself to do it. My Pedi has said that just from watching her get the immunizations & calm down fairly quickly that she’s a very “adaptable” baby, and that it shouldn’t be too hard on us when we did decide to do it. She was also already kind of doing it herself sometimes. I used to rock her completely asleep, then put her in her crib, sometimes she’d jump awake and I’d have to start all over. That went on for the longest time, but I think getting her on the right formula/prevacid mix really helped things too. Then a few weeks ago I noticed that after I’d rock her to sleep & put her in the crib, and a few times she’d actually wake up briefly, look at me, roll over & cuddle her blankie & go to sleep. That gave me the idea that she was really ready now, so then Monday night I just decided that was it (I’m going back to work next week & HAD to do it if I want her to take naps at my MIL’s). So I rocked her almost to sleep, put her in there awake, gave her a kiss, told her i loved her & good night & left the room. She looked at me like I was crazy, and started to cry within a minute or 2 of me leaving, so I went in after 10 minutes, patted her tummy, told her i loved her again & good night, and left again–she really started to scream (and I started to cry), so I was planning to go in after another 15 minutes, but around 12 or 13, she settled down, cuddled her blankie & went to sleep! I was SHOCKED and SO RELIEVED!! Tuesday was much easier for naps, and she just let out a little screach when I left, and again the same tonight and went to sleep! She even went to sleep at my MIL’s today for naps!! I KNOW we got lucky with this baby’s sleep habits, I’m sure our next child will have other plans!!