She's had a pretty good bout of separation anxiety this month, but she's finally coming out of it and starting to go to other people besides mommy without protest (sometimes). The other day CB was helping me fix dinner and we were kind of ignoring her, then I looked back and realized she was gone. She'd crawled down the hall and was peeking into Eric and my room looking for Eric.
After my big anxious rant last month about not knowing what to do about D's sleep, I finally decided to actually read the Ferber book (Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems) and in the second chapter decided that probably the only reason D was waking up was that she was falling asleep in our arms every night and then when she switched sleep cycles she was waking up in the crib frantic. So this week we decided to help her change sleep associations, which meant some crying it out. I was DREADING it after my experience with CB, but I should have just read the dang book back then and I wouldn't have made CB cry so long for naps either. D cried for about 15 minutes (I went in for the 3 minute and the five minute check, but she was asleep before the 10 minute) the first night and woke up for less than 5 minutes a couple of times in the night. She went back to sleep before I even went in for the 5 minute check. She was asleep or at least quiet in less than a minute for her first nap the next day, and after about 10 minutes (one check, but quiet before the 10 minute check) for the second nap. At bedtime the second night I was heading down the hall for the first check at 5 minutes and she got quiet before I made it. I hope not to jinx it, but I am so encouraged. Now I just have to figure out how to get them to sleep in the same room, since we've been putting CB in our room for a couple of nights while we sleep train.
