Well, it's official - Cami is sleeping through the night! It has been a very long road to this, but I have learned valuable lessons to use on my next child to help him or her sleep through the night much quicker. My first lesson I learned is do not swaddle past about 8 weeks. Cami got addicted to the swaddle blanket and was unable to sleep with out being in her "straight jacket" until 5 months old! For those of you without kids or no swaddle experience...that is way too old!
My next lesson is do not give a bottle in the middle of the night each time they wake up. Cami was taking a bottle every night at 2 or 3 a.m. on top of all the other night wakings for a paci!!! Once I stopped giving her a bottle she was just fine with it. So I learned she didn't really NEED the bottle, she was just taking it out of habit. And finally, the most important lesson I learned is do not get up at every tiny noise they make. This was the hardest thing for me to learn. I would jump up quickly to put a pacifier back in her mouth just so she would get quiet and go back to sleep ASAP. This terrible behavior just taught little Cami that all she has to do is whimper and mommy will come running to put the paci back in. Well, no more! Once I finally got my act together and learned these things we had a baby that was
sleeping
through
the
night or STTN as they say on all the baby sites I read daily. Now I can proudly say "yes" to every single person who doesn't know what else to ask about a baby other than "Is she sleeping through the night?"
Well, it's official - Cami is sleeping through the night! It has been a very long road to this, but I have learned valuable lessons to use on my next child to help him or her sleep through the night much quicker. My first lesson I learned is do not swaddle past about 8 weeks. Cami got addicted to the swaddle blanket and was unable to sleep with out being in her "straight jacket" until 5 months old! For those of you without kids or no swaddle experience...that is way too old! 
My next lesson is do not give a bottle in the middle of the night each time they wake up. Cami was taking a bottle every night at 2 or 3 a.m. on top of all the other night wakings for a paci!!! Once I stopped giving her a bottle she was just fine with it. So I learned she didn't really NEED the bottle, she was just taking it out of habit. And finally, the most important lesson I learned is do not get up at every tiny noise they make. This was the hardest thing for me to learn. I would jump up quickly to put a pacifier back in her mouth just so she would get quiet and go back to sleep ASAP. This terrible behavior just taught little Cami that all she has to do is whimper and mommy will come running to put the paci back in. Well, no more! Once I finally got my act together and learned these things we had a baby that was sleeping through the night or STTN as they say on all the baby sites I read daily. Now I can proudly say "yes" to every single person who doesn't know what else to ask about a baby other than "Is she sleeping through the night?" 
2 comments:
Hooray!!! Excellent work, Sommer. It didn't take you that long! :)
Oh do I remember those days before getting my little girl to sleep through the night...she used to sleep with me and it was pretty rough when we switched her over to the crib but at four months after about a week or so of middle of the night feedings she finally slept through the night. What a huge accomplishment it feels like when that happens, lol.
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