Sleep Training - Day 4
posted on: 12:56 PM September 11, 2007
I didn't feel like posting yesterday. I wasn't overly tired or anything, I just needed to veg out. Anyway, Day 4: if this were a play-off hockey game, it'd be the pivotal game.
A-star and B-boy had had a tough day; they didn't nap well all day, so they were already pretty cranky by bedtime. After what had happened the day before, My wife and I agreed that we should try and put them to bed around the same time. As usual, the Boys had other plans.
A-star seemed to fall asleep as soon as I swaddled him, while B-boy started fussing. By fussing, I mean crying. I waited as long as I could, too long as it turned out, A-star's eyes were shutting for (what turned out to be a deep) sleep as i placed him in the crib. B-boy continued to fuss for 10 more minutes until he went into the crib. From there, it was 5 minutes again. I openly hoped he would wake A-star, just so we could make sure the training was working. No such luck, for good or ill.
Then we watched TV.
Sounds pretty good doesn't it? Except the overnight sleep was not as sound as it could've been. Surprisingly, the culprit was B-boy instead of A-star. Babies have a way of screwing up your expectations. The training does appear to be working, so more tomorrow.
