12 Hour Nights!

Well, it is official, the girls are not only sleeping through the night, but they are sleeping from 8:30PM until 7:45AM. Thanks in big part to the book The Baby Sleep Solution! I would highly recommend this book to anyone having a baby, it is the most specific book on sleeping I read. Chris did an amazing job of eliminating the middle of the night feeding with direction from the book. It was not easy, but he was committed and stuck with a routine that really "sucked" for two full weeks. The beauty of it is that he can now reap the benefits of uninterrupted sleep! Well, not so fast, it will probably take awhile for his body to adjust to no breaks in sleep since he has been getting up at 2:30 for the past two months. It is really amazing when babies get the coaching they need and consistency they desire how they thrive! I am a true believer in the fact that you have to teach a baby to sleep and how to soothe themselves to learn good sleeping habits. We never got into the habit of rocking them to sleep, we stuck to a strict routine, they knew what to expect in the evenings and they learned. There is not a night that they go into their cribs already asleep, they lay there watching their crib aquariums and put themselves to sleep.

Well rested ballerinas!