Through the night! Nora slept from 9:00 to 2:30, cried for a short period of time, and then slept until 6:00 am! After waking up, she snarfed a banana and milk and then proceeded to sleep with Mommy until 8:15!
We all feel like rock stars around here with a full night of sleep!
Thanks for all your helpful comments on last night's post. I really was feeling a little crazy...I guess that's why our bodies require sleep!
Tonight I will be studying for a teaching license test (Another reason to be a little edgy...Washington state requirements for move-ins...Amy: you'd be great because the special ed section has tons of case law junk on it!) while Daddy takes Nora to a special dinner at the club and then to her swimming lessons.
Oh happy day!
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Hi April and family, this is probably not the sort of advice you are looking for, but I have never even tried to set up a specific bedtime for our daughter Anna (I myself hate routines and schedules), who turned three on July 4. She goes to sleep late, and at a different time every night(usually somewhere between 9 and 11 p.m.), but we have never had to endure any screaming or other ear- and heart- wrenching sounds or similar behavior in connection with going to sleep. I breast fed her until a few months ago so she would usually fall asleep in the course of that, and now she usually falls asleep while being read or talked to, or listening to songs or stories on CD, or just by herself from being tired. My husband had a tendency at times to try to get me to get her to go to sleep earlier and more regularly, just because that's the way his parents did it with him, but she is very tall for her age, has a great vocabulary, perfect pronunciation, etc. etc., so I think that we have no reason to worry about her sleeping patterns, or rather a lack thereof, being bad for her development. One big thing is that I try to not let her sleepp during the day, because when she does her bedtime moves to past midnight, which can get pretty unpleasant for us. Otherwise, I am sure that there are lots of different ways of handling these situations, and unfortunately sometimes you just have to wait until a certain bad phase ends by itself. But it looks like you guys have figured it out for now at least. Sorry about the book I've written, but it just came out ... P.S. I really like to check out your page every once in a while and see how you guys are doing and how Nora is growing - it feels like I know her!
Hang in there, it will only get better as she gets older, I promise!!
Jane Kucharik (Jana Slechtova)
Way to go Nora. Must have been a good moon last night b.c Taylor blessed us with 7 hours followed by 3 hours too! YEAH GIRLS!
Good luck on the test. What a pain!
Good luck on your test! I'm glad you are studying though. I had to take the Sp. Ed. test in Michigan and thought it would be a breeze since I was fresh out of college... YIKES. They were asking about Michigan laws from 1978!! They also have different labels and words for special ed here too. After flunking the first time, I bought the study guide and I wish I would have done that before going through the stress of walking into a test so blindly. I'm sure you will do great.
Hello April! This is Mel (Anderson) Pasker! Long explanation, but I happened upon your site and have had a ball the past few days reading all about your cutie! She really is a doll, and while I can't identify with the sleep issues, I certainly do feel terrible that you have to go through it. I agree with just letting her scream it out. It usually gets worse before it gets better. We had a small problem with Gary waking up around 7 months of age, and we just ignored him (at the peak he cried more than 1.5 hrs) but once we got through it, we have been blessed with 3 years of near SILENCE for 10 hours every night. If you wanna check out what's going on in my life in BORING Monticello, my blog is www.mel-pasker.blogspot.com
Hope all is well with you!
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