Let's Get Sleeping Under Control

I knew I should have read that book What To Expect In The First Year! Yesterday at the store, I stopped to just glance through it, specifically the six month section of the book. I quickly became totally immersed in the book! Did you know that we should be weaning our child off of middle of the night feedings now? It's called Ferberizing her. Hmm. Apparently it takes about a week to get settled and for Nyla to understand bedtime, but after that it's home free sleeping through the night!

This week I will be researching the best methods for letting Nyla fall asleep on her own and next weekend is the start of letting her cry it out, as they say. Apparently six months is when the baby starts to figure out "Oh, if I cry Mommy or Daddy will pick me up" so it's important to start getting away from that. Great.

As I'm typing, my Nylabear is upstairs throwing an all-out crying fit, complete with coughing and I'm sure a red face. I can't wait for this to happen in the middle of the night next weekend. Cool.

My mission this week: get her on a definite schedule.

8am: breakfast
830-11: playtime
11-12ish: nap
12ish: lunch
1230-3: playtime
3-4ish: naptime
4-630-playtime (again)
630: dinner
7-9: playtime (again!)
9pm: night night, Nyla

Isn't that the most ideal schedule ever? Life revolving around eating, playing, and napping. Love it. Now I have the hypothetical schedule; let's see if I can put it into practice and routine!