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We've gotten Miriam to fall and stay asleep by herself the past couple of nights by just putting her in her crib and leaving the room-- she howls for a minute or two, and then silence. Well, I just tried it for her nap...and it works during the day too! Wow!
I've always been reluctant to embrace the tough love approach to sleeping, but now that we've tried it a bit, it reminds me of when I'd leave her with the babysitter the first few times: she'd cry and cry while I was still there, but then stop the moment I left. And now she loves her babysitter, and sometimes would rather have her here than me. :) Sleeping is the same thing, I hope.
So now I am in the unusual position of being able to do whatever I want. Spooky. I could even do (GASP) WORK? (I will miss Miriam's sleeping on me because it was a perfect excuse to watch television. Ah well. :)
I've always been reluctant to embrace the tough love approach to sleeping, but now that we've tried it a bit, it reminds me of when I'd leave her with the babysitter the first few times: she'd cry and cry while I was still there, but then stop the moment I left. And now she loves her babysitter, and sometimes would rather have her here than me. :) Sleeping is the same thing, I hope.
So now I am in the unusual position of being able to do whatever I want. Spooky. I could even do (GASP) WORK? (I will miss Miriam's sleeping on me because it was a perfect excuse to watch television. Ah well. :)
