Olivia Sleeps!

So our normal routine of putting Olivia to sleep takes about 1.5 hours. Pretty crazy huh? It consisted of nursing, Olivia falling to sleep, attempting to put her down while she is still asleep, she would sleep for 30 minutes and then wake up to start the whole thing over again. It was quite long and hard on us all. So when my mom came to visit we decided after a long debate that we would work on the sleep training. This involves doing a short bedtime routine and then putting her in bed while she is still awake. The first night we did this she cried for 2 hours. And when I say cried it should really be cried at the top of her lungs. I had to go outside so that I couldn’t hear it as well. The second night it was only 1 hour, which was soooo much better. It improved from there on out and now she only cries for maybe 5 mins tops if at all. It is so amazing to have our evenings back. Now it take us only 30 minutes to do our routine and then she is out!

Granny and Olivia at the pool

While my mom was here Olivia also rolled over for the first time, began sucking her thumb, started eating rice cereal and had her first swim at a public pool!