baby bootcamp

It's bootcamp around these parts... because we FINALLY have 3 solid weeks of no guests, weddings, or traveling (a first since before Ruby was born!) we have decided to start baby bootcamp. Ruby is learning to fall asleep on her own. And the learning is hard sometimes - but she's already getting so much better!

Thursday. Night 1 of bootcamp. An hour. And hour of constant whining/crying. SO HARD. I actually woke up the next morning assuming she was going to be so angry at me, but low and behold, she didn't remember a thing and was as smiley as can be. This isn't so bad...

Night 2. Down, 45 seconds of crying then out for the night. What? She's the fastest learner ever.

Day 3. Naptime. One nap while driving around (cheating) and the next was 5 wah wahs and she's out. Yes please.

Night 3. Down, a tiny "wwwaaahhh" and we didn't hear from her again until 3:30AM. Man. We are REALLY good at this.

Today - I jinxed myself. Naptime. Down, 7 minutes of crying, sleep for 10, cry for 2, sleep for 20, SCREAM for 10 (we picked her up, check the diaper, calmed her down and put her back down), and still sleeping (about 45 minutes and counting)...

So there we have it. Our goal is to have her be able to soothe herself without us or the pacifier helping her along with that. We figure better to do this while she's little little... then she REALLY won't remember it and it'll help out while at daycare with naptimes. So wish us luck.

On another note - I'm going through a body bootcamp for myself. Get rid of those last 10 lbs! Ugh. Wish ME luck...