Baby Boot Camp

Say a prayer for Kate this week because the poor thing is currently undergoing what I call Baby Boot Camp... otherwise known as Ferberizing...otherwise known as cry it out. Mommy has reached her limit of nursing Kate back to sleep. After a typical bedtime routine I nurse her and put her in her crib in her room. Then the crying starts. So far we're down to 60 minutes of continuous screaming before she falls asleep (with me going in to soothe her but not pick her up). She's still waking 3-4 times throughout the night (which sucks!!) but right now I'm just focusing on getting the initial bedtime down pat. We'll work on the night wakings next. During times like this being a parent really, really sucks. I have to keep reminding myself-we will all benefit from this in the long run!

**Wednesday night update: only 30 minutes of crying! Yes! It's decreasing!
**Thursday night update: only 15 minutes of crying.
**Friday night update: an hour and half of crying, however, she was put down with a bottle not nursing.
**Saturday night update: 20 minutes! In one week we've gone from 65 minutes to 20 minutes-not too bad! She's typically waking 2x in the night (at 1:00 a.m and 4:00 a.m.) and then around 8:00 a.m she's up for the day!