Good Night

For months I have been entertaining the thought of moving Kayla over to a bed. However, I feared that it would require me to lay in bed with her for a half hour or so until she fell asleep. I just couldn't gather up enough motivation to do it. Kayla's sleeping patterns have been more of a challenge for us than Austin's were. She never starting sleeping through the night until about 9 months old and she still cries (screams) when we lay her in the crib even though we take time to rock and sing to her first.

To help my motivation we moved Kayla's bed into her room, I purchased a quilt that I loved, and we put up the safety rail. And there is sat for a couple weeks while we continued to put Kayla in her crib screaming herself to sleep.

One night Craig decided after putting her down that he would leave the door open (something we never did). And that girl didn't make a fuss at all....no crying. Coincidence? Nope, for the next week we put her in the crib with the door open and she fell asleep without crying. And I am now thinking "there is light at the end of the tunnel!!"

So last Friday night (Aug 6), I was working and called Craig before he went to bed to say good-night. And to my suprise he informed me that Kayla was sleeping in her bed!! And she has been sleeping in her bed ever since!! She will get up a few (or many) times and needs to be told to "go back to bed" or "lay down" which she will do and usually within a half hour she is asleep.

Who would of guessed---all she wanted was the door open!!

Good job Craig!! You get ALL the credit for this one!!