Nights 3 and 4 of "CIO"

For any of you who are interested in how things are going with the girls sleep patterns, heres the update. Wednesday night Hannah did wonderfully. I did not hear a peep. She went down at 8:15 after a little crying and slept until 7:45. Cannot complain there!! Leah had a rough night. about 3:45 she woke up screaming. I felt like she was in pain from teething actually. I went and checked on her and changed her diaper, and she was biting her lip really hard. So i gave her some teething tablets and some tylenol and made sure she was comfortable. She fussed and screamed and fussed a little more for about an hour and a half with some mini breaks in there. She slept until about 7 after finally going to sleep about 5:30. I really felt bad for her though. She is not a cryer unless something is legitimately wrong (normally).

Naps were ok on Thursday. Hannah cried for 15 minutes and slept. She got awoken by a slammed door downstairs (I was not happy) so she only slept for 20 minutes. Leah slept for an hour though! We missed our afternoon nap. I took them to a baby shower at work so they just slept in the car on the way there and back, which suited them just fine.

Last night was amazing. Again, Hannah cried for about 15 minutes and slept from 8:15 to 7. Leah went right down and slept til 7. I did give her some tylenol first though. I never heard a peep from either of them.

I am hoping to keep them separated for another week or so and then move Hannah back to her crib. I may have to keep the pack n play up for naps though. Leah sleeps longer without Hannah in there waking her up. So far, and I do not want to jinx it, but they are doing very well. Its been tough but it is getting easier! Lets hope for another good night tonight!

Sorry about my boring posts, but this will be good for me to read one day later IF I ever have any more kids! :)

Night 2 of "CIO"

Last night went considerably well. The girls went down around 8:30 and Hannah started fussing around 11:30. I had just checked on her so I knew she was fine, and it never got very serious, so I just let her fuss and she finally fell asleep around 12 without me going in there. I heard Leah fussing/talking around 5:45 but again it did not get serious so I just waited it out and she fell back to sleep. She did fuss again at6:45 and this time I went in there and she had pushed herself up into the crib. I felt bad so I just got her up since she was awake at that point anyway. Hannah got up at 7:30! So not too bad I must say. Matt says to not get our hopes up too soon because I gave them both a dose of tylenol since Hannah has been drooling and biting at things a lot more, and Leah has taken to biting her lower lip so hard and so often that it is bruised. Ah, teething. So maybe their sleep was drug induced? Hopefully not.

As I write this Leah is down for her nap, and Hannah is screaming her lungs out in the other room. Stubborn child. Just give in!!!!!! You are so tired!!!!!! It will get better.

Thanks for the words of encouragement! I am not working much this week so this has turned out to be a good time to start this!

The first night...

So night one wasnt the worst thing in the world, but it was not good either. They went down well at 8pm. Leah had a little fussy moment but I thought she would easily go down again if i rocked her, so I did. Honestly, if I had gone to bed earlier I would be much better right now.

Hannah got up at 3:45. I changed her immediately, patted her, gave her the passy and lovey, and stepped out. She screamed. I went in after 5 minutes. She screamed more. 10 minutes. More screaming. 15 minutes. Still no rest. She did this for an hour and 20 minutes. Leah woke up at 4:30 and I did the same with her, but she did not cry as long. In fact, I think she played in her crib with her passy for a good while before falling asleep. By 5:30 all was quiet again. Hannah woke back up at 7 and I went and got her. Leah woke up at 7:15 and Matt gave her to me. So we ended up having some morning snuggle time because we all fell back to sleep until 8:45. I hope I did not negate everything from last night.

I got text messages periodically from my lovely sister telling me she was about to kill me, or go get a baby. Apparently, Hannah sounds like she is in Laura's bedroom.

We are going to do the same technique for naptime. I hope that they will both start sleeping well. Maybe tonight will be better. I definitely have a strong willed child! Listening to your child scream out for you is not the easiest thing to do.