Lola sleeps!
Yes, the first question all new parents get is "Is the baby sleeping?" which elicits groans from everyone around because, of course, the baby is NOT sleeping and it's just heartless to point it out. Or the new parent lies and exaggerates about how long the baby sleeps, like it's a measure of how good a parent s/he is.
So here's the truth with Lola:
Eric can now successfully place her in her crib, drowsy but awake, and walk away. She fusses a little and then goes to sleep. That's 8 p.m. She wakes up somewhere between 2:30 - 4 a.m., feeds, and is placed back in her crib. She fusses a little and goes back to sleep. She wakes up somewhere between 7 - 7:30 a.m. and is a happy, happy baby, ready to start her day. We do not rock her to sleep or anything. She just now associates the crib with sleeping.
I reported this to Vicky, our Parents as Teachers mentor, today and she was stunned. I'm sure she thought I was exaggerating. I'm not; Eric and I are just extremely lucky. Raina easily got on a sleep schedule like this when she was a baby; I cannot believe we struck gold with Lola too. Lola has a laidback, sweet temperament, just like Raina. If Lola grows up to be anywhere as easy a child to parent as Raina was/is, then it will be clear we were blessed by the parenting gods and we should pay homage to them daily.
So here's the truth with Lola:
Eric can now successfully place her in her crib, drowsy but awake, and walk away. She fusses a little and then goes to sleep. That's 8 p.m. She wakes up somewhere between 2:30 - 4 a.m., feeds, and is placed back in her crib. She fusses a little and goes back to sleep. She wakes up somewhere between 7 - 7:30 a.m. and is a happy, happy baby, ready to start her day. We do not rock her to sleep or anything. She just now associates the crib with sleeping.
I reported this to Vicky, our Parents as Teachers mentor, today and she was stunned. I'm sure she thought I was exaggerating. I'm not; Eric and I are just extremely lucky. Raina easily got on a sleep schedule like this when she was a baby; I cannot believe we struck gold with Lola too. Lola has a laidback, sweet temperament, just like Raina. If Lola grows up to be anywhere as easy a child to parent as Raina was/is, then it will be clear we were blessed by the parenting gods and we should pay homage to them daily.
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