First step was moving her to her own room and her crib (aka: big girl bed). She was sleeping in the pack-n-play bassinet in the guest room with me up until now. It was working well since I need to get up with her all night, but she is a noisy sleeper so she is keeping me up when I should be sleeping! Plus we figured it's best for her to get used to her own bed as early as possible.
Her nursery is right next to the guest room so this shouldn't have been a big deal, right? Ha, not so much. Funny how it's harder on the parents! Daddy was having a really hard time with her not being right next to me all night, but with the video monitor all set up, I assured him that she'd be fine. So Monday night was her first night in her big girl bed and she did great! I'm pretty sure she'll sleep anywhere, the bassinet and the crib didn't make a difference to her. I did catch Dad getting up at midnight to come check on her though :)
We added music to her nightly routine in hopes she'd have long, sweet dreams. The nurses at the hospital gave us the tip that babies like white noise/music, which makes sense since it's loud in the womb. Good thing we have great taste in music!
The next step in our sleep conquest was getting Miss Eva to sleep longer than 2-2 1/2 hours. I am beyond exhausted getting up so much throughout the night and getting such little sleep. The first few weeks we expected it, but not sure I can survive much longer like this.We had stopped swaddling her a few weeks ago as we discovered that she likes to sleep on her side with her hands by her face. However, if we really want this to work, we have to go back to the "sleep bible": Happiest Baby on the Block. We swaddled last night and she slept 3-3 1/2 hour intervals = WIN! I know it's not much, but we'll take it!
We plan to watch the DVD to really get educated on the 5 S's and I will do what I can to make time to finish the book. Good ole SLEEP is right around the corner!!
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