Why did I not read this book (Good Night, Sleep Tight) first? The Sleep Lady talks about the Sleep Lady Shuffle. Nights 1-3 you sit next to the crib, 4-6 half way across the room, etc. moving every 3 days until they can't see you anymore and are falling asleep on their own. So tonight was night 3. I had been laying him down the last 2 nights so my goal tonight was to not touch him so when I move back tomorrow night, he'd be ready for it. So, I rocked him for 5 min. and laid him down. He just laid there. He didn't scream or stand. He just looked at me and within 6 min. was asleep.
At lunch a friend and I were discussing how night 3 can be much worse because they're figuring out that this is not a joke and get pissed, but I guess he was ready for it. I actually cried looking at him sleeping there. It's been such a long road and I can't believe that he's such a big boy that he can just put himself to sleep. I think he just wasn't ready before and now he is. I guess we'll just have to see how it goes for the next few days and see if it sticks!
PS- He slept in his crib until 5 am again. He did wake up at 8:45pm, but I just went in and sat next to his crib again and said, "You're ok. Go nigh-night" and he did.
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Yea! Sounds like it's already off to a much better start than Ferber's method.
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