Sleeping through the night!

Sophie finally, at 9 months, has started to sleep through the night! She has never been a particularly good night sleeper, though she is an excellent napper, but this summer the sleeping deteriorated and she was in bed with us practically every night. I was getting quite desperate for a good night's sleep so out of desperation we decided to try sleep training.

The night after we arrived back from Canada we started by being sure to put her into bed awake and to leave her to cry for periods of 2 minutes at a time. (Many people say to last 20 min or to increase the time by a minute each time you go in, but I am far too soft hearted for that! I even had to wait until I was sure that Sophie could understand that it was bedtime and that she should be sleeping before I had the heart to start trying this method!) The first night was terrible. Sophie was up every 30-60 min and I would have to go in up to 10 times to calm her down enough to fall asleep. The next night was only a little better in terms of how often I had to get out of bed but her crying wasn't quite as desperate. The third night she slept through! And I haven't had to get up more than once or twice since then! AND she is going down like this for naps as well!!!

I feel very happy about this and very proud of myself and Sophie.