Ok here's my update. We've had some good nights and some ok nights. The other night DS woke at 2:15 (sister woke him) and I decided THIS IS IT!! No more picking up to settle down!! So, I did ssh/pat to the best of my knowledge. I leaned over him, shhhing in his ear, patting his chest and holding his flailing legs down with my other hand. Amazing, but it seemed to calm him(eventually). It took 1 hour to get him back to sleep. Then he slept until 6:45!!!! The next night was WONDERFUL- he woke at 4:30 am, I fed him and he went back to sleep until 7:30. Yeah!!! Last night I guess I was a little too confident he would sleep and I stayed up later with my DH (nice to see him again!) and when ds woke at 2:45, it was rough. So, as much as I wanted to pick him up and get the 'quick fix' again, I leaned over him and sshhh'd and patted him until he fell asleep again (about 45 mins). Boy, that's a back killer! Anyways, he woke at 5am but settled himself down (or maybe my dh put in his paci- I was dead to the world) and he finally woke for the day at 7:30 again.
3.5 hr EASY routine all day and down around 7 or 7:30, sometimes a little earlier if no cat nap in afternoon. DF at 10:30. Occasionally he wakes just before DF but I hate to make it much earlier but he goes right down after. So, everything SEEMS to be working. I am hoping everytime I do sshh/pat in pm, it will get to a shorter time. I also hope I'm doing it correctly(
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Thanks again for all your support. I can't wait until I can announce that he can settle himself down at night or that he's sleeping through the night!!
Karel
P.S. Hang in there Treacy. I just keep telling myself that children don't go off to college waking all night long!!!
