Success!

Let me preface by saying, Dave and I feel like retards as far as the whole sleeping in the crib thing goes. Like my dad said "....live and learn." Ha!

Colbi went to the sitters yesterday and after the week we had, I thought for sure she would be really cranky and she'd call me to come get her. Surprisingly, Colbi did great! She even took a two hour nap. Say what?!

I asked her what her secret was and she said "change, feed, swaddle, snuggle, sleep." Hmmmm. Sounds like our routine EXCEPT the swaddle part.

We were told the new way to swaddle was with arms out (per the hospital and whoever is in charge of setting the safety standards for babies. Forgive me, I don't know the official name). And we just followed how they swaddled at the hospital. Well, Colbi didn't really sleep great starting about week 3 in her pack n play, so Dave and I basically put her where ever she would sleep (aka, the bouncy seat and rock n play). She slept well in the rock n play but, this morning she woke up SO happy! Duh, because she got her some really good sleep.


After Jenn told us her routine, we immediately tried it when we got home at bed time. We didn't even have to rock her hardly (although, I probably will still rock her because I love it). Dave put her down, drowsy but still awake, and she fell asleep on her own, IN HER CRIB. How horrible did I feel once we saw that?

Here's hoping she will get some better rest from now on, even at nap time.

And here's hoping I remember to keep trying stuff, even things we have already done, to find what works. This whole first time mom thing is hard!

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