Dear Colin,
Tonight your Mommy got serious about sleep training. Every few weeks your bed is in a new location or I am trying something new to get you to sleep more than 30 minutes at a time. While I love nothing more than cuddling you at night - your lack of sleep is impacting Mommy and Daddy in a very negative way. So, today you are 10 months 15 days and starting your first night of sleep training. I documented Conor's sleep training and so I will do the same for you to ensure that I stick to it and follow your routine.
Tonight we had dinner, you took a bath and the it was bedtime. As always, I rocked you and nursed you in your room and allowed you to fall asleep in my arms. You fell asleep nursing and after 10 minutes or so I gently placed you in your bed. You slept for 38 minutes and then proceeded to wake up every 15 minutes after that until 8:35. At 8:35 I nursed you and you have been asleep now for almost an hour. My goal is to get you to sleep until 11 or 12, nurse you again and hopefully you will be in a space to sleep longer. I am also going to start letting you cry for 2 minutes when you wake up to allow you to start trying to soothe yourself. I am not overly optimistic about this as its going to be a new skill for you and those take time but we shall see. If things don't go well then I'm ok brining you into my bed for the remainder of the night and we will simply work on the first part of the night this week and let you get better at that and then we will work on the second part of the night next week. I'm trying to be strict but fluid - but no more sleeping on the floor!!! :)
