She slept....

IN HER OWN BED!!! All night long last night. To say that I'm ecstatic is an understatement. I don't know why I was so ready for her to sleep through the night. I was so spoiled with M. He slept through the night early on and never really had lots of nights where he woke up so I was expecting that this time around. When it didn't happen, I quickly got used to it but it still sucked.

At 9 months though, I really needed her to work with me and she was not trying to hear it. Having to start work again this week, I had to put my foot down and put the plan into effect. Of course since we're all connected in this present world these days I put it out there on FB to see what other mom's had to say. Half said suck it up, she'll wean herself and it'll be over soon. The other half said put her out and let her work it out herself. Well, since the new house is two levels and her bedroom is upstairs, I kept her in the pack-n-play with us in the room but cut off the middle of the night milk supply. She...was...not....happy. The first two nights were rough. She fought and cried and threw the bottle of water every time we tried to give it to her. She only went to sleep once she got too tired to fight. The 3rd night was better, she woke up but didn't fight as long. 4th and 5th night, she woke up and we gave her the choice of water or the pacifier, she went with the latter.

Yesterday, hubs put her in her crib for nap time. It worked well for her so I said let's try it during the night. Went threw the usual night routine and laid her down with some milk. She whined a bit but I popped the paci in, laid her down, covered her up and threw the duces. She went on to sleep. Around midnight, her usual time to wake up, I went upstairs, gave her the paci again and she was out. We didn't hear from her until it was time to wake up. Yay!

Such a milestone. My baby is moving into toddler status. *sigh* This makes me happy and sad all at the same time. Happy 'cause my kids are moving towards independence but sad 'cause my baby is almost not a baby anymore. This could mean that I'm getting those feelings of having another one but at the same time, I don't think I'm ready yet. I still need a little time to get my body back and remember I'm a woman and not a mommy all the time. But then again, I'm turning 30 this year so I'm not getting any younger. Oh well, the joys of motherhood!