It didn't happen naturally. G and I actually decided to do her night routine earlier because she's been fussing and 'singing' alot at around 7pm everyday. We figured that she's telling us she wants to sleep. I don't know why it took us so long to realize this because she has always been fussing and sleepy at this time for a while now. We have been delaying our poor lil girl's bedtime without realizing it! We always thought she could only sleep much later. It's no wonder that she always fights and struggles to sleep previously... Simply because of overtiredness.
So yesterday we did this routine at 7pm:
- Bath
- Change diaper and into PJs
- Storytime in bedroom
- Milk
- Put leia in cot awake
After we put her in the cot, she cried as usual... Like how she would everynight before her sleep. I picked her up to comfort her but her crying grew worse. So I put her down and comforted her at increasing time intervals. Finally when I couldn't stand it anymore (it's just so so so hard to tolerate a baby's crying!) I gave her a bottle and she slept! I left the room to let her sleep for fear that I might wake her up during her light sleep cycle. I dream fed her at 10pm, 1.30am and 5.30am. And she slept till 7am! Earlier than usual but that's fine since she slept enough.
We were so happy because she was getting the sleep she needed and we had time to do our own things! Whee. We ended up watching Game of thrones hehe. I checked on her a few times though just in case.
I'm gonna continue with this routine and hopefully it gets easier! Hopefully she fights lesser and learns to sleep on her own.
I'm planning to get rid of her bouncer habit too so that she can take naps in her cot as well. She's gonna outgrow the bouncer soon so we better help her transition before it happens! *sigh* there's gonna be crying involved. But I guess it's our responsibility to give her good sleep habits and get rid of bad ones that we are to blame for.
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