Day One
1st nap - 1 hour 40 minutes, no crying
2nd nap - 45 mins, 5 minutes crying
3rd nap - 45 mins, 10 minutes cry to sleep, awaken by sound
Slept at 7 pm. Woke up crying at 7.25 pm. Cried for 35 minutes non stop.
Woke up at 1 am in crawl position.
Woke up crying at 5 am even when I pat her. Cried for 10 mins.
Woke up at 6.50 am because mommy was brushing teeth (sound)
Day Two
1st nap - 1 hr 25 mins, no crying
2nd nap - 1 hr 40 mins, cried for 3 mins, stare into space, cried on off 10 mins
3rd nap - 25 mins (I woke her cos it was 5 pm)
Slept at 7.10 pm after crying for 5 mins
Woke up crying at 5.45 am. Didn't fuss. Played with toes and slept on.
Woke up at 6.55 am
Day Three
1st nap - 45 mins, cried on and off.
2nd nap - 1 hr 15 mins, cried for 25 mins on off.
3rd nap - 35 mins
Woke up crying once and slept.
Woke up at 6.20 am
Day Four
1st nap - 1 hr 5 mins, slept on her own
2nd nap - 1 hr 30 mins, cried for 5 mins on off.
3rd nap - 35 mins. Talking to herself and then fall asleep
Woke up at 1 am, 6 am. On off crying.
Woke up at 6.50 am
Day Five
1st nap - 30 mins then cried for 25 mins on off and slept for 45 mins
2nd nap - 1 hr 40 mins
no 3rd nap (can't sleep from 4 pm - 4.30 pm)
Woke up at 3.30 am, played on her own and sleep.
Woke up at 6 am, cried on off.
Day Six
1st nap - 1 hr 5 mins, cried for 1 minute
2nd nap - 1 hr 25 mins, cried on off
3rd nap - 40 mins, cried on off
Woke up at 4 am and cry.
Woke up at 6.20 am
Day Seven
1st nap - 40 mins (didn't sleep much, played herself)
2nd nap - 1 hr 35 mins
3rd nap - 30 mins
Woke up at 4 am and cry.
Woke up at 6.25 am
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I think the sleep plan works. So all along my baby is cranky because of 2 things. Lack of sleep and doesn't know how to fall asleep on her own. In order to help her, a nap schedule and standard bedtime routine is needed. Slowly reduce and eventually eliminate the rocking, patting, swaying, carrying etc cos she needs to sleep on her own. Even when she wakes up from noise/dreams, she needs to learn how to soothe herself to sleep again.
I would say that so far so good. I am confident that she can sleep from 7 pm to 6 am now without feeding milk, without waking too much (so far only once - but she didn't cry much or scream or yell.) I am so surprised that she could play with her toes and bolster and then fall back to sleep herself.
In fact, yesterday I sneaked out at 8 pm to celebrate a friend's birthday. I reached home at 10.15 pm and she didn't move an inch. Slept like a log.
I hope that it gets easier from now on.
My mom has been "complaining" that she sleeps too much and cannot play with her like last time and has such a strict timetable. But seriously I think I want my baby to have enough rest and sleep for now. And I've never been as proud as a mommy as now.
