Crying

I am crossing my fingers that we will only have a little crying tonight. Our sleep training began yesterday and has been working pretty well so far. I decided to start yesterday because they both actually got a good nights sleep the night before.

We are using Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child. I've modified it a bit but it seems to really be helping. Their naps have already dramatically improved. We went from a week of 20 minute naps and waking every hour at night to 1-2 hour naps 3 times a day and only waking up at midnight and 5am (an average of both babies). And they have been sleeping in their crib not the swings.

Now tonight is the real test. The swings are out of batteries, so they have been put down to sleep in their beds. I help and rocked them for about 15 minutes and then put them to bed.(just realized I should of kept them upright about 15 more minutes, reflux sux. But the big question is should I go back in and pick them up after they have been fussing for the last 10 minutes or wait another 10 and see if they go to sleep? Crap I didn't swaddle them either, sleep deprivation puts holes in my brain!!) Hmmm...crying is still going on, may need to go in and swaddle and rock to reset it all. Hopefully they will sleep in the next 5 minutes.

But the whole point of this post was to say I'm really impressed with the book. It seems to be working already. :) I'll let you know how it all goes in the morning.