I moved Elijah to his own room last night. I missed him pretty badly for the first ten minutes, but then I fell asleep.
Thus we begin adventures in sleep-training. We're off to a good start. I think last night was the best night's sleep I've had since he came home from the hospital. He only woke up twice, which is a huge improvement over 5 times the night before.
I have decided the 'cry it out' method is simply not for me. There are ways that don't traumatize me. I don't know what effect such a method has on the baby, maybe nothing long term, but I know that crying alone cannot be pleasant, even if it doesn't have some kind of long-term psychological impression. I have been told to read this book, so I'm going to give it a try. It looks like exactly what I want.
All that to say, I am venturing into a new phase of parenting, and I'm kind of excited (mostly at the prospect of actually getting some sleep).
We had the most incredible vacation with Adam's family. Adam sorely needed a break, and I got to hone my Halo skills, so it was a great deal all around :-) Now I have SO MUCH work to get done this week, so I'm gonna get off Blogspot and go do some of it.
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