I've also set a new rule for our household: if Daphne is not crying in her bed after waking up from a nap, don't pick her up. She's always had a habit of waking up 45 minutes into her nap. It's so predictable we could set our clocks by it. Some sleep experts call this the 45 minute intruder. A baby has gone through a complete sleep cycle and wakes up when transitioning into another sleep cycle. Of course it takes great skill to be able to put yourself back to sleep when you're a little tiny baby. But yesterday Daphne was just laying in her bed chatting to herself after awaking at the 45 minute mark, so I just left her there to see what she would do. She played for about 1/2 an hour, and then went back to sleep for another hour.
These newly developed sleep skills are something to be very happy about. I just needed everyone to know.
I do realize that the exact minute you think you've got it down, the whole routine changes. Soon she'll be teething and sitting up, transitioning from 3 naps to 2, eating solid food, etc. But I can relish this little moment when I think we've got it down.
4 comments:
She looks alert in the photo!
Hope she keeps up the all night sleep. That is always a good thing, getting a full nights rest.
I wonder what she says to herself when left alone.
That picture is hilarious
Yay Daphne for sleeping!
Your little girl may hurt you someday for the photos you post of her! lol
What? Sleeping through the night already?? Daffy you disappoint! Is grandpaR going to have to phone in the middle of the night? You can't let your mommy off the hook so easy....
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