This momma is #winning😂

Last weekend we (more me) decided it was time to start “sleep training”. Going into it, I was ready, but my boyfriend wasn’t 100% sure why I wanted to do this. Well you see for the last 10 1/2 months I put her to bed every night except 2 (He put her to bed once since I didn’t get home until an hour after her bedtime and then we had my best friend watch for our first date night since she was born). Some nights were exhausting trying to get her asleep. She is still breastfed, so daddy can’t help in that department, I’m 100% ok with that because I absolutely love that time with her💕 Up until last weekend, I would nurse her to sleep, but the last couple of weeks she was super fussy and would fight sleep like no other. This is when I finally said enough let’s try this and see if she does good. Now, I know there is a ton of controversy over sleep training and CIO method, so I wasn’t completely on board with doing a full on CIO. Here is how our week has gone:

Friday night: Cried/fussed for a total of 30 minutes, I went into her room 3 times in the 30 minutes to kiss her, lay her back down, and tell her I love her and good night. Woke up at 3:30 am to nurse (used to wake up two times).

Saturday night: Cried for 2-3 minutes, fussed for a few more and then went to sleep. Woke up once to nurse

Sunday night: Went right down, but got up about 20 minutes later. She cried for 30-40 seconds then went to sleep (she literally belly flopped in her bed and stayed like that for a while 🤷🏼‍♀️) Woke up once to nurse

Monday-Thursday: When I put her in her bed she laid right down and went to sleep.

Last night: One week in and I’m so relieved that she took right to this. She for the first time ever slept 9 straight hours👏🏻😃👏🏻😃 She nursed and went right back to bed.

There have been many times I’ve questioned myself as a first time mom, this is not one of them 🙌🏻