Sleep Training Night 1

The first night of sleep training went better than expected. Nonetheless, I am tired and had only 5 hours sleep - less than usual - because I had to wake two extra times while Wren was sleeping to nurse him. This is all part of the strategy of night weaning while teaching Wren to go to sleep without nursing.

So, last night he took half an hour to go to sleep at bedtime. That wasn't all crying - it was silence and then crying and then wriggling and then crying. I went in an checked on him at specified intervals. As usual, he woke after an hour but instead of nursing he cried for 7 mins. The third waking before 10pm he cried for 5 mins.

In the night he woke at 2.15 and took about 45 minutes to be fully settled but didn't cry much at all. He woke again at 3ish, for a short time, and then at 4.00 for a very noisy 15 minutes. He woke at 6.15 and didn't go back to sleep.

He also nursed at 10pm, 1am and 4.30am in his sleep.

At mornning nap he went to sleep within 15 minutes without any help. I feel we are on the right track but its hard to keep him awake the required interval between naps. There is a recommended nap schedule that keeps him up but not overtired but since he naps for only 45 minutes