- For the past 3 days, Ella has slept in until 7 a.m., and this morning we had to WAKE HER UP at 7!
- Her right top tooth cut through today, and she couldn't be happier...maybe we'll make it easily through both top and bottom teeth!
- She tried to eat her first piece of dog food today...how nice of Rylee to share...I pulled it out of her mouth before she swallowed it, but hey, it still counts as practice with finger food, right?
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Monday, July 26, 2010
Ella Today
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sleep Training
Now that Ella is 4 months, we can officially begin sleep training...yay! I've read Weissbluth twice and even took notes in the hopes of molding a good little sleeper.
First, on the day she turned 4 months (2.8.09) we moved her from the pram in our room, to her crib in the nursery (she had already been taking naps in her crib).
Second, we are now doing scheduled naps. Three times a day...morning, noon and late afternoon. They are typically running sometime between 8 and 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon and 4 p.m.-ish. One of the morning or noon naps is usually about an hour, and one is usually about 2 hours. The late afternoon is pretty much always an hour or less.
Third, we are trying to make sure she is not awake for more than 1-1/2 to 2 hours at a time. So if she wakes up from the morning nap at 9:45 a.m., she's down again by 11:45 a.m.
Fourth, she is always in bed by 7:30 p.m. (and usually by 7), and her routine never changes...bath, swaddle, bottle, bed.
The downside of this sleep training is that I'm kind of stuck at home again (and we have a playdate this weekend so I'm hoping her nap schedule works out at the right times!!), and I can never make concrete plans because her schedule depends on what time she wakes up that day.
Hopefully, this will pay off, and she'll start sleeping through the night soon so we can relax on the nap schedule. Wish us luck!
First, on the day she turned 4 months (2.8.09) we moved her from the pram in our room, to her crib in the nursery (she had already been taking naps in her crib).
Second, we are now doing scheduled naps. Three times a day...morning, noon and late afternoon. They are typically running sometime between 8 and 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon and 4 p.m.-ish. One of the morning or noon naps is usually about an hour, and one is usually about 2 hours. The late afternoon is pretty much always an hour or less.
Third, we are trying to make sure she is not awake for more than 1-1/2 to 2 hours at a time. So if she wakes up from the morning nap at 9:45 a.m., she's down again by 11:45 a.m.
Fourth, she is always in bed by 7:30 p.m. (and usually by 7), and her routine never changes...bath, swaddle, bottle, bed.
The downside of this sleep training is that I'm kind of stuck at home again (and we have a playdate this weekend so I'm hoping her nap schedule works out at the right times!!), and I can never make concrete plans because her schedule depends on what time she wakes up that day.
Hopefully, this will pay off, and she'll start sleeping through the night soon so we can relax on the nap schedule. Wish us luck!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sleep Regression?
Ella has been sleeping from about 7/7:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. (with a dream feed at 10:30 a.m.), eating and then going back to sleep until about 7 a.m.-ish for weeks now. Well, for the past 3 days, she's been waking up between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. to eat and being very restless until 6 a.m. when she wakes up. I heard babies tend to regress around 4 months, but I'm hoping it's just a very brief setback. ;)
Last night after she woke up and ate at 3 a.m., she did not want to go back to sleep. It took both of us taking turns rocking her for quite awhile before she went back to sleep. This led to a very tired mommy, daddy AND puppy. So this is what I found when I got out of the shower...
Luckily, Ella slept for almost 2 1/2 hours during her morning nap, which led to a very happy baby...I was able to capture this sweetness...
Last night after she woke up and ate at 3 a.m., she did not want to go back to sleep. It took both of us taking turns rocking her for quite awhile before she went back to sleep. This led to a very tired mommy, daddy AND puppy. So this is what I found when I got out of the shower...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sleepy Girl
Ella has slept until 5 a.m. two out of the last three days. From 7:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.! There is a dream feed in there at around 10:30 p.m., but she doesn't wake up for that. Whoo hoo! Please let this continue...and continue getting longer and longer!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
3am...Sigh
Ella has been on a pretty solid sleep schedule...between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m., she gets a bath, bottle and put to bed (in her crib- we later transfer her). She sleeps 6-8 hours until sometime between 2:30 and 4 a.m. She then sleeps another 3-4 hours until about 6:30 a.m. Not bad, right?
Yet, that middle of the night feed is still REALLY hard. We were told, "hey, if you just give her a 'dream feed' at around 10 p.m., she'll sleep through the night!" Well, that sounds GREAT! Problem was she previously wouldn't take a dream feed. So we tried again last night at around 10:30, and she took almost 2 ounces without waking up at all! We thought we had it made. This is it. The first time in 3 months that we will get a full night's sleep. SCORE.
We even had a back-up plan. Since I've read that they will still wake up for that 3 a.m. feed out of habit, we had a clean pacifier ready in the wings to stick in her mouth when the "eh, eh, eh, eh" started to soothe her back to sleep.
This is not how the night would go.
At 3 a.m., she started. We were ready. G jumped out of bed and stuck the pacifier in her mouth faster than she could get out her first "eh". Apparently, we glossed over the fact that our child does not really care for the pacifier, and the other fact that she loves to eat.
She knew. She knew it when she took that "extra" 2 ounces. Stupid parents. They think THIS will satisfy me through the night? I'll take it as a little appetizer, but I'm still going to wake up for my regular 3 1/2 ounces at 3 a.m.
So when we tried to do the pacifier trick, not only did she spit it out no less than 5 times, she got PI$$ED that we would dare try such a thing, and cried and woke herself up (she usually stays half asleep at 3 a.m. and goes back to sleep after eating). She ended up taking her regular 3 a.m. bottle and waking up 3 hours later for more.
At least we know who's the boss.
Yet, that middle of the night feed is still REALLY hard. We were told, "hey, if you just give her a 'dream feed' at around 10 p.m., she'll sleep through the night!" Well, that sounds GREAT! Problem was she previously wouldn't take a dream feed. So we tried again last night at around 10:30, and she took almost 2 ounces without waking up at all! We thought we had it made. This is it. The first time in 3 months that we will get a full night's sleep. SCORE.
We even had a back-up plan. Since I've read that they will still wake up for that 3 a.m. feed out of habit, we had a clean pacifier ready in the wings to stick in her mouth when the "eh, eh, eh, eh" started to soothe her back to sleep.
This is not how the night would go.
At 3 a.m., she started. We were ready. G jumped out of bed and stuck the pacifier in her mouth faster than she could get out her first "eh". Apparently, we glossed over the fact that our child does not really care for the pacifier, and the other fact that she loves to eat.
She knew. She knew it when she took that "extra" 2 ounces. Stupid parents. They think THIS will satisfy me through the night? I'll take it as a little appetizer, but I'm still going to wake up for my regular 3 1/2 ounces at 3 a.m.
So when we tried to do the pacifier trick, not only did she spit it out no less than 5 times, she got PI$$ED that we would dare try such a thing, and cried and woke herself up (she usually stays half asleep at 3 a.m. and goes back to sleep after eating). She ended up taking her regular 3 a.m. bottle and waking up 3 hours later for more.
At least we know who's the boss.
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