It’s been a pretty good week this past week. We managed to get Ellie to sleep in her own crib at nights for a few hours!

Since Monday, after coming home from going out for a little bit, I would hold her until she falls asleep (or getting there) and then try to put her down. Unfortunately, I don’t have the magic touch or something because she would start crying after 10 minutes or so and I would have to go and pick her up again to soothe her. I pretty much gave up after a few tries and would hold her until Jason comes home. He, on the other hand, can put her in the crib and get her to stay calm and quiet for a while.

Anyway, Monday through Thursday, she was pretty good. She went to bed around 8-ish and would wake up several times to eat but then quickly fall back to sleep. After Jason puts her in her crib, we have a good 2 hours of rest before she would stir from hunger again and we would bring her into our bed to sleep with us until 6 or 7-ish, which is when she would wake up and be active. I’d play with her for a little bit and then she would get sleepy and take her morning nap…

Then comes Friday.

I had a little trouble getting her to sleep at around 8…..already a bad sign.

I managed to get her to sleep most of the time until Jason came home….then all hell broke loose.

For some reason, she would not go to sleep and would cry and cry and cry. It was like she was a month old again. I thought we had gotten out of that stage and that things were improving because she was getting older. It was a pretty rough night….which extended to this morning and afternoon…..

*sigh*

Maybe it’s just a fluke and she’ll fall back into the rhythm we had started….who knows…

At least her awake times are spent mostly with smiles, gurgles and cooings…..with the occasional crying.

Tags: Ellie

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