Sunday, August 1, 2010

Sleep?

Claire started sleeping through the night at 8 weeks and stopped after about a month or so. Now she wakes up twice a night - around 11 and 3:30. She is almost 11 months old and it is time to stop! So far we have said that she is a baby and of course we will go to her when she cries at night. But we are beginning to realize that this is now a habit and that it is in her best interest if she can put herself back to sleep when she wakes in the middle of the night. So here is the plan of attack: I will feed her a few ounces of formula before bed. When she wakes I will feed her 2 oz of the formula for three days, then 1 oz for three days, then water for three days. After that I will pick her up to soothe her for three days, then go in and verbally soothe her. I am giving this 2 weeks and then I will let her cry :( if this does not work. So that is the plan - I am sticking to it!! I hope it works!!

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