When Ellie was a baby, my mom and sister always told me, "She is not a normal baby!" and now I get it! As soon as Ellie learned a new thing (sleeping from 11 pm-7:30 am @ 5 weeks for example) she never looked back. She just kept doing it from there on out. As long as WE didn't change her routine, or wake her from a nap, or keep her up too late, she didn't change! Almost every time she had a bad nap or a bad night, I could look back and see that I messed with her, and she wasn't responding well! This made her "easy" in many ways. But it made it very undesirable to mess with her schedule!
We really value sleep training, and after Ellie it would've been easy to walk away and think we knew the "secrets" :)
You can imagine my surprise as sweet Josie Kate has been a far more "normal" baby- and changing often. The "secrets" just weren't working:) As soon as you figure her out, she changes! Apparently that's pretty typical :)
It's been quite the journey of "figuring her out" and learning how to help her get good sleep. But I'm grateful to report that at 5.5 months, she has a bedtime! Not only that, but Ellie & Josie almost always go to bed around the same time (between 7-8 pm) and wake up around the same time (between 7-8 am). I still feed Josie once at night in the 10:00 hour, but this routine is amazing!
I'm grateful Josie was more demanding, as figuring her out and rocking her to sleep was a guarantee that I got good time with her each day (and Ellie didn't steal all of my attention :)) but I'm also very, very grateful that we all can get a good nights rest!
We're in a very busy season, and I can't imagine trying to do this without sleep!
*Sigh* The sweet relief of being back in a routine as a family of four!
We really value sleep training, and after Ellie it would've been easy to walk away and think we knew the "secrets" :)
You can imagine my surprise as sweet Josie Kate has been a far more "normal" baby- and changing often. The "secrets" just weren't working:) As soon as you figure her out, she changes! Apparently that's pretty typical :)
It's been quite the journey of "figuring her out" and learning how to help her get good sleep. But I'm grateful to report that at 5.5 months, she has a bedtime! Not only that, but Ellie & Josie almost always go to bed around the same time (between 7-8 pm) and wake up around the same time (between 7-8 am). I still feed Josie once at night in the 10:00 hour, but this routine is amazing!
I'm grateful Josie was more demanding, as figuring her out and rocking her to sleep was a guarantee that I got good time with her each day (and Ellie didn't steal all of my attention :)) but I'm also very, very grateful that we all can get a good nights rest!
We're in a very busy season, and I can't imagine trying to do this without sleep!
*Sigh* The sweet relief of being back in a routine as a family of four!
