Learning to Sleep

Well, we think it may be time to begin teaching J to sleep on his own.

We figured we would do it just as we did with Gigi;

We put her in her crib and left, let her cry it out for one minute,went back in to check on her, left, let her cry it out for two minutes, left...and repeated until she was left alone for 5 minutes straight. Then we would check on her every 5 minutes until she fell asleep. Every five minutes we would go back into her room, rub her bed, whisper soft "Shhh" noises and then leave, never staying more than 30 seconds to one minute each time.

It was rough, but Gigi ended up falling asleep after 45 minutes and actually stayed asleep for the entire night!! We were so pleased!

It was a really transition for us. She obviously did not want to give in, she held on for as long as she could, but in the end, sleep won! She was 8 months old.

So, we were hoping for similar results with J, but ... no such luck.

We used the same method, but it took J nearly two hours to give in to sleep. And unfortunately, he stayed asleep for about 45 minutes.

Something tells me he's just not ready.