Last night much better

During the last two weeks, I have been discussing sleep with any Mommy I see whose baby is 4 months old, or has ever been 4 months old.  One of the pieces of advice we got is to stop swaddling since she is already not sleeping well, and that it might take her about 1.5 nights to stop sleeping better without the swaddling.  That seems to have worked last night (second night of no swaddling).  

Based on discussions with one of my running partners, we also decided to start sleep training by letting her cry it out for 20 minutes before we come rescue her from her crib.  (We figure she might benefit from knowing how to fall asleep by herself – good life skill to have.)  Last night, we found that she only cried on her back, but not on her side.  For about 20 minutes, she would change positions from back to side and back again – only crying when on her back.  She fell asleep by herself last night.  This morning, after eating, Mommy put her into her crib.  She promptly turned to her side and fell asleep.  Go Abi!  She is a fast learner!

Anyway, last night she only woke up twice when she was hungry, and promptly went back to sleep after eating.  So Mommy is feeling much better.  Unfortunately, Mommy was tossing and turning around 4AM (because she was not used to being asleep then and was also hungry) – so Daddy did not sleep particularly well.  

Mommy is hopeful for tonight.