Sleep Training + New Year

WOW!  What a crazy month!  December was full of great memories with my little family of three.  Millie had an awesome first Christmas and I can't wait to tell you about it however, it's going to take some time that I don't have at the moment but I promise to fill you in later.

Millie will be four months old on the third and by now, her sleeping habits should be pretty good.  But, they're not.  She went from getting anywhere between six to eight hours of sleep at a time to waking up every THREE HOURS!  I have no idea what happened, but she's been consistent for her whole third month.  Needless to say, it's time to start sleep training.  She needs to learn to soothe herself to sleep and be able to get herself to fall back asleep.  Soooo...last night was the first night we let her "cry it out" in her crib.  She cried for 25 minutes straight and it was the longest 25 minutes of my life!  It was so hard not to walk in there and pick her up and soothe her.  But I know in the long run she will thank me for it.  Thank God for Trevor becuase he kept me sane.  He took the monitor and wouldn't let me go in there.  Thankfully I was preparing dinner so I had something to do to occupy my mind.  I was afraid she would cry for over an hour but after she stopped at 25 minutes, I was relieved.  She woke up again at 11 and I fed her and then again at 2:00.  I let her cry again because I knew she wasn't hungry.  After eight minutes she was out again.  Phew!  I nursed again at 3:00 and then let her cry at 5:30.  Then we were up for the day at 7:30.  I am confident that after a few more days of this, she will be able to fall asleep on her own and keep herself asleep and then all three of us will feel more rested.  Pray that this works!  It's so hard!

I'm super excited that my mom and Mike are coming into town tomorrow to babysit while Trevor and I spend New Years Eve out.  We plan to take it easy and just go out to dinner and maybe have a drink or two after dinner then ring in the New Year at home.  But, Saturday night Trevor and I are going to the JW Marriott Hill Country to spend our first night away from the baby.  We need it so bad.  It's going to be hard to be away from Millie but I know that Trevor and I will be able to enjoy ourselves and have fun.  Hopefully I will get a full night's sleep!

I wish you all a Happy New Year!  I'll be back next year!



Happy Thursday!