of our room, that is. She has been sleeping by our bed in a cradle Tom's grandpa made for him to sleep him when he was a baby. All of his siblings slept in it as babies, and so far all of their kids have slept in it. We've even got handprints of all the grandbabies on the side of it. We're making it a family traditon. :)
I decided at the beginning of this week that she's been such a great sleeper, and if we were gonna make this transition easily it needed to be now. I also want to try moving her bedtime up. She goes to sleep great and sleeps thru the night, but she doesn't go down until midnight! I don't want to do it all at once, so i figured i'd move her first and then start the bedtime adjustment.
As of Monday she's slept in her own crib! It's been kind of hard.. but mostly on me. I still haven't moved her cradle out of our room and i lay there facing it each night, missing her little breathing. I know she needs to grow up, that i'll enjoy all her new stages.. but it just seems to fly by... I can vividly remember the day she was born, it seems like it was just yesterday. So i was a little sad that first night. But I think this will be good for her. I've been keeping a sleep log since I moved her to see how she does, and she's already sleeping longer. The first night she fell asleep at midnight, woke up at 5 to eat, then again at 7:30 and then slept till 10:30. Last night she fell asleep at 11, woke up once and 7, then slept till 10 :).
I'm nervous about the moving of the bedtime, who knows when she'll start waking up then. I really enjoy the mornings, i can either get stuff done, or sleep in if I need to, but I know it'll be better for her if I get her to sleep earlier. So in a week or two, here we'll go! (wish me luck!)
4 comments:
Where is Fred going to sleep now that Ansley is sleeping in her crib? Poor Fred he is so picked on. Love ya.
he likes to sleep in her rocking chair now :)
It is so hard to see them grow up. I still miss Ella sleeping in our room and she is almost 1.
Yay for babies in their cribs! Even though it's a little sad - it's also somewhat liberating to have your room back! We made the switch recently too and it's been so nice! Sounds like you've got a good sleeper - you lucky duck!
Post a Comment