The baby finally sleeps - at least at night

I finally did it.  I finally decided that we needed to establish a good bedtime routine and put the baby to bed awake and if she had to cry a little, to let her cry.

I hate that part, I truly do.  But really, at this stage of the game I couldn't function any more without a little sleep.

My house was an absolute disaster.

My laundry was out of control.

And really, I could hardly carry on a conversation with anyone because my brain could hardly keep focused long enough to finish a sentence.  Literally.

So I finally bit the bullet and let her cry.  When I do this, I do the Ferber method - you know, good bedtime routine, lots of soothing cuddles before bed, a song, a prayer and into bed with a happy good night.  Which of course is followed by a blood-curdling scream from the baby!  I almost gave in right off the bat, honestly but I really needed to sleep for longer than 45 minutes. So I reminded myself that I am not a good mom with no sleep, so it is a better mom thing to do to let her cry a little than to let her wake me up every 40 minutes to an hour all night.

It helps me to remember that she needs to sleep too - she, as happy as she is, would be even happier with an uninterrupted sleep.

So she sleeps for about 8 hours! And we both survived.

yay for that!

It took me a few weeks longer to establish some naps, but she naps now too, kind of.  I have hope that it will just keep getting better.