Monday, January 23, 2012

Night Fifteen

I think I have learned something about my sweet Isabella.... She is a night owl like her Daddy.
All the sleep experts and books keep telling me that her bedtime needs to be between 7 and 8pm so she can sleep a full 11-12 hours a night. So that's what I've been doing. I've been putting her down around 8:30pm after the big kids go to bed as there is no point putting her down before that cause my kids are so freakin' loud, even if she did fall asleep, she would wake up within 20 minutes.
So, again, she's been going down around 8:30pm but it has been taking her 2 hours to fall asleep. This has been going on for about a week now. So for the last 2 nights, I've been keeping track on what time she actually falls asleep for the night and both nights, she finally stops crying at 10:13pm.... see I told you I had a strange connection with the number 13.
So, she fell asleep around 10 and slept till 4am and I was able to put her right back down after her feeding.
So, I think I'm going to start saving myself 2 hours of crying and put her down an hour later and see if that helps. I guess all I can do is try...

1 comment:

  1. I still haven't sleep trained Connor yet but he seems to be a night owl too. Hes usually out for good by 10:00 and sleeps until 1 or 4:00 for his feedings.
    What sleep books have you read?

    ReplyDelete