Ferber, night 4 recap
That sound you heard at 5:45am Eastern Time? Yeah, that was a heavenly chorus. Well, it might also have been Rebecca, but mostly it was the heavenly chorus.
WAHOO! Both of my kids slept until 5:45am!! I did set my little timer for the 12-minute interval, and Rebecca actually quieted down. But she had woken Daniel up, who wasn’t super-upset, but definitely awake. When the timer went off at a few minutes before 6, I decided it was close enough (as my children are brilliant, but cannot yet tell time) and we started our day. Daniel was fussy, but Rebecca was calm and all smiles. We came downstairs, they polished off their bottles, and they are now playing happily on the mat.
One of these nights, maybe even I will sleep straight through! Daniel becoming a tummy sleeper has made me a little nervous, but he thankfully seems to have figured out how to turn his head to the side. He was in that position from when I checked on him around 9pm until I got him up this morning. I did wake up around 3am and had a bit of a hard time going back to sleep, I think because I was bracing for another 2-hour fuss fest from Daniel. But it never came! And all of this was just in time, since M sadly has to go back to work today after a long weekend. So no more handing them off to him after the morning nap while I crash.
I’ll be damned, this crazy Ferber thing seems to have worked. Everyone said, “3-4 nights and you’ll be all set.” Last night, I admit I wondered if maybe it wouldn’t work for Daniel. But there you go, Rebecca slept through on night 3, and Daniel on night 4. Let’s just hope they can repeat it and it isn’t just a fluke.
And maybe, just maybe, I can start posting about something other than sleep. Wouldn’t that be something?
Tags: Ferberize, Overnight, sleeping through the night, tummy sleeping
February 19th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Congratulations! This gives me hope!
Darrah
February 19th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Hooray!
We used a method very similar to Ferber’s with our two and similarly, ours were sleeping through in 3 days. 
Enjoy the Zzzzzz’s!
(There may be an occasional bump in the night, but you are on your way!)
CONGRATS!
February 19th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Woo hoo!! There is NOTHING better than to have your kiddos sleeping through the night! I am so happy you and M had the mettle to tough it out for their sake. It’s a really good feeling to be well rested, go into their room in the morning and see the smiles on their faces because they are well rested also
Lisa
February 19th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
WOOT!
February 19th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
YES! Awesome! Isn’t it a GREAT feeling when your baby sleeps straight through?! And your plan works?! CONGRATULATIONS and way to go! I can imagine that hte feeling of accomplishment and relief is doubled (at least!) when you’ve got BOTH babies sleeping through. Now time to Ferberize yourself, mama.
Also, I just had to comment on tummy sleeping. Around 4-5 months, Jack became a tummy sleeper. He just turned himself on his tummy and slept much better that way. If we flipped him to his back, he’d inevitably go back on his tummy. My pediatrician said, for what it’s worth, that once they can do this themselves, you’re OK letting them sleep on their tummies. I get nervous, still, though. Jack sometimes seems to have his entire face pressed into the mattress. There are many times a night when I poke a finger in there to see if his nostril is exposed. It always is. Though, as Johnny points out, by seeing if his nostril is exposed, I temporarily BLOCK Jack’s nostril. Ooops!
February 19th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Congrats!!! I personally never had to try that but for the people that have–I my heart goes to you! So far I have heard all positive reviews.
February 20th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Greeeaaaaaaat news! We did the Sleep Easy Solution a few weeks ago and it worked by night three—it’s very similar to Ferber, using the interval checks, etc. But now since the stomach flu, they’re not on track anymore and…more super news…their 1 year molars are coming in. I’ve heard those are fun times.
Once that’s all over, it’s back to the intervals and I know they’ll be back on track shortly after.
Good job for sticking with it! The hardest part is sticking to your guns!
February 20th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Thanks for stopping by at our site. Just wanted to let you know that I really do think you’re confident (in a good way) but would like to apologize if I offended you.
We’re happy you stopped by and posted, and would love to have you back if you have the time, so we can get to know you and your gorgeous babies!!
Cheers, and once again, my sincerest apologies.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
Glad things are working in the sleep department! YAY!
Both my kids were tummy sleepers too, and they slept sooo much better.