Super quick update!!!.........
Alaina went to bed at 6:30pm, again, without a peep........and woke on her own at 6am! No nightwaking. I'm so glad I didn't' have to decide (at least last night) how I wanted to handle wakings!!! lol
Rather conversly, though, naps are a bit harder all day yesterday and this morning. Hmmm...
How are you other "Ferber Moms" doing today and how was your night last night???? Lukcy? Joe? Others???
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That's great! Not sure about naps those are still crazy for us.
DD slept 7:30pm to 5:30am!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is the longest amount of time she has ever slept/gone without eating. I fed her at 5:30 and she went back to sleep till 7. It was heavenly!! We didnt even have to do any CIO last night.
I'd like to think she's learning, but I think she was exhausted from the previous night. We seem to alternate between good night and bad night, so that doesnt bode well for tonight. But I'm just excited to know she can sleep that long....and in her crib! That is an amazing accomplishment.
the last time we did true Ferber was Thursday night, and he slept through the night with one brief waking at around midnight.
Friday-Sunday we were at my parents, so we kept him in his crib for the two wakings each night, but we "cheated" and gave him his paci and rubbed his back to get him back to sleep. I say we cheated because we normally don't give him the paci (even though it's in there, we usually let him find it himself) and it's unclear whether he was still awake when we left the room. But, we were traveling, so I didn't want him to be afraid - we wouldn't have done Ferber at all, except that we stay at my parents' about once a month, so it was relatively familiar territory.
Last night we knew he wasn't feeling well, so we did pretty much the same thing as at my parents' house. I pulled him into bed to eat when he woke at 5:30 because he didn't eat much yesterday. He felt warm, and sure enough, he has a low-grade fever. We're taking him to the pedi at noon
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So sorry to hear he's ill!!
Reading this part, especially, really really makes ya wanna kiss Ferber, no?? Congratulations on her long night of sleep!
We had a rougher night last night for some reason. DS went straight to sleep w/o a problem, but he woke up almost every hour after 9:30! I don't know what that was about. DH wasn't home (he was out with friends who are in town for the holiday) and I am sick, so I broke all the rules and went in to DS immediately and gave him his paci back whenever he made a peep. I was just too tired & not feeling well enough to wait it out. I even had to feed him twice last night, which is really rare for us.
He does have at least 1 tooth coming in, and I honestly suspect he may have up to 4 coming in at the same time right now, so that may be what was bothering him last night.
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Ferber is a genius! I think I'm in love with him. CIO seemed so mean but his way is not. DD cries less now than before we did cio and she's getting more sleep!
We are about 1.5 weeks in and she STTN last night about 8:30-6:45ish. Unbelievable. We are at my parents' and she's still doing well, with only one rough night.
If it doesn't work out with DH, I am marrying Dr. Ferber.
We are Ferber day 1.
Last night DD woke up 5 times between 7:30pm and 7am. The 2nd time was the worst and DH went in 5 minutes earlier to sooth her - she was on a rampage and did not stop crying the entire time. She was crying so hard, she kept hiccuping after while we soothed her.
We cheated a little and I rocked her to sleep, which took about 5 minutes for that 2nd time.
Rest of the night, we let her cry and it become less and less crying each time.
Just put DD down for a nap and she's down. Likely, she will flip herself on tummy. But hopefully, she will only cry a little, sooth herself and go back to her nap.
Good luck everyone.