It has been a good week. We have managed to go to sleep at night really well. The last two nights if not the last three Hadley has been put to bed sorta sleepy not fully rocked to sleep. She didn't cry or whine much, maybe ten minutes. Wednesday night she woke at 3am. I went and nursed her in the chair and she was almost fully sleeping when she was done.
I laid her in her crib and she woke up crying wanting me to pick her up. I thought well it is probably time to let her know she can put herself back to sleep. So I patted her back and left the room. She cried off and on. I ended up going back into her room at 3:45 or so and did the same thing and again at 4:15 or so. She would cry hard, then stop for a bit, then cry hard again. I ended up going into her room one more time around 4:30ish. I hated it because it was like we had to start the crying cycle over again. Finally, I said to myself that if she doesn't fall asleep by 5:00 I will rock her back. I knew that it would just negate everything I did the past two hours but I could take it anymore and we really weren't going to try this sleep training yet, it was just a whim on my part.
Finally she fell asleep right at 5:00. Thank God!
She slept until 8:15 and we spent the day shopping in Blaine because I had to go in for an eye appointment. We bought her a winter jacket, hats, mittens, some shoe socks things and a toy.
We had lunch at Applebees. That is a great place for lunch with her because the side items on the plate are perfect for her to eat. She had veggies and potatoes, a bite of my steak and some of Grandma's chicken pasta.
She slept on the way down and on the way back.
It was a great day.
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