30 Jan 2021
A day to remember.
I am sooooooo proud of my child.
She slept from 7pm-730am, all on her own!! (Ok, she woke up once at 1030pm from a nightmare, but went bk to sleep mins later after patting her.) Apart from that, she slept through the night for the very first time without sleep training! Ahhhhhhhh.. what a dream you are, Layla Woo!
Just a few days ago, i was talking to a friend about how Layla is ready to be sleep trained. But i know i am too weak hearted to practise Cry It Out method with her. In my heart, i knew i would be okay even if she continues to wake up once at 4am for a prolonged period of time. So my plan was to just let it be and not sleep train her.
But what i did tho, was to start weaning her off the swaddle. So last night, we let her sleep with 1 hand out. I was prepared for her to not sleep well since she'll need time to adjust. I was ready to be awake a few times at night.
At 430am, i woke up to check on the baby monitor, she was sound asleep. So i went back to sleep, expecting to be awake in the next half an hour. The next thing i know, i jumped up at 7am with rock hard and leaking breasts, and my baby was still sleeping. Aww, I wanted to cry! Soooo proud of her, this little champion!
For the rest of the day, she also decided that she's ready to master her flip! 2 weeks ago, she flipped for the first time. But i felt it done unintentionally. And since then she didn't do it again. But yesterday, she flipped over again again. Eager and excited to practise this newfound skill! I am such a proud mama, cheering her on with every flip!
It's now 520am. I just pumped. Layla has upgraded to a sleep sack from a swaddle. And from the looks of it, will be sleeping through the night too! I can't be more proud of her. She's saved me from the traumatic experience of sleep training her!
I wrote this post not to boast. But to remind myself of such beautiful days. Bcos with a baby, everything is a surprise, everything is unpredictable. She can be STTN tonight and going into sleep regression the next. So on nights like these, i celebrate!
Thank you Layla Woo. You are truly such a dream!
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