Last weekend was horrible. Anna's sleep was frequently interrupted and we were very tired as a result. We shared this with one of the doctors wives at Lisa's work Christmas party (in January), and she began lecturing us on letting her cry it out, that we need to teach her to fall asleep on her own.
As you might imagine, I was in no mood to hear that we were doing the wrong thing as parents. We have tried some of the 'let her cry' in the past, and with some success. With Anna's congestion, however, she's woken more frequently, and has had to have saline shot up her nostrils.
In the process of getting over her cold, she unlearned some of her good sleep habits, although we had never got to the point of having her fall asleep on her own.
This weekend Lisa has been determined to change that.
Friday night, we let her cry, off and on, with periodic reassurance, for over an hour. Saturday night it was down to about 40 minutes. Today we tried to do the same with naps and has success early, but our attempts to get her to sleep on her own failed each time we tried, until we had to leave for Brittany's graduation party.
At the party, she was a perfect baby - no fussing, very little screaming, and she enjoyed all who held her.
She slept some each way in the car, of course, which meant she wasn't completely wiped out by the end of the day.
She had a great time during tubby time, Lisa rocked her for a bit, and she fell asleep inside of five minutes after Lisa put her down.
We hope the good work continues, but in the meantime, here's Lisa, Anna, and Lisa's grandmother Hattie during the party today.
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