Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Ferberizing Lily

Kate and Lily are now 23 weeks today and still not sleeping all the way through the night. We have been getting up at 4 am for a bottle for the last 3 months.

We decided to go with the Ferber method. We've changed it up a little and haven't gone cold turkey, but just about! We started this last Thursday and Lily woke up right on cue, 3:45 am. We let her cry for 45 minutes. We did go check on her periodically and consoled her in her crib by rubbing her head and just letting her know we were there. She finally went back to sleep. What we realized is that Kate is totally capable of sleeping 7p-7a, 12 hours straight. We've been waking her up to eat with Lily to keep them on the same schedule when she very well could have been sleeping away all night. For the record, I still would have done all that the same in order to keep them on the same schedule. It's been so hard listening to Lily cry but after 6 nights of this, I believe we're starting to see the light. Last night she woke up at 5:15 am and whined a little. She's quite the whiner! When I went to check on her she was playing with her doll and laughing in her crib, not upset at all. She went back to sleep on her own a few minutes later. It's been more than 5 months, but we're feeling really good about them sleeping through the night and even better about us getting to sleep through the night!

Here's a clip from the Modern Family Ferberizing Lily episode. Classic that their little girls name is Lily as well! I'm totally Cam and Devin is definitely Mitchell.

4 comments:

  1. Yay for more sleep for you guys!!!

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  2. My other friend Kelly did the Ferber method with her baby and she loved it! It will be worth it in the end

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  3. The Caterpillar blog gave me the link to your blog. I am having identical twins too. I have a 2 year old and we Ferberized her- torture, but it worked! I am glad to hear how to deal with twins and schedules. So, are they in the same room? Did Lily wake up Kate when she was crying?

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  4. Just wanted to comment, we had to do the same thing with Gray (and continue to have to periodically, he forgets!!). It's so hard, sometimes I have to leave the house!!

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