Up All Night

Suddenly, I feel like Ava is a newborn all over again.
She was such a great sleeper up until 3 weeks ago or so. 

Suddenly, she wakes up 3 times through the night.

Hmmm...?

I really do want to know...why?

So tonight is our first night of "Sleep Training," where we put Ava to sleep "drowsy but awake."

We did our usual bedtime routine:

bath, PJs, bottle, book, song, prayer...

but this time instead of rocking her to sleep,
I just wrapped her up, laid her in her bed, turned on her mobile, kissed her little baby head and....

...and...

...walked out. 

:(

I was fully expecting her to cry right away. 

Instead she screamed. 

But not angry screaming.

HAPPY screaming. haha

Ava's "talking" lately has sounding more like screaming haha. 

She was just laying in her little bed, talking away...happy as a clam.

After about 5 minutes of this, she did start crying.
I let her cry for 3 minutes, went in and rubbed her head for a minute or two
and she fell asleep.

So now, she's out.
We'll see how the night goes.

Here's to a long night of sleep training.
Wish us luck.