On Sleep

We are very blessed when it comes to Eden's sleep schedule. We loosely adopted the Baby Wise philosophy after hearing success stories from friends and reading the book. Basically, Eden was put on a non-strict schedule where she ate, played, then slept, from the time that we came home from the hospital. Babywise is a parent directed feeding concept, where there is enough structure to bring security and order to a baby's word, but offers enough flexibility where we could still respond to Eden's differing needs at any given time. This works for us. I have never felt like I am on a rigid schedule with Eden, but I also do not feel like she is the one completely running the show, and let me tell you, Miss Eden is a good little sleeper! Around six weeks, she began sleeping through the night from around 9pm-6am. She has consistently slept through the night ever since. When she first came home, she slept in a pack-n-play in our bedroom, but we soon learned that she preferred to sleep inclined, so we bought a rock-n-play sleeper, and it made sleep better for her and for us. It was nice being able to lay in bed and rock her while still being half asleep. She was happy and mommy was happy too. Around 2 and a half months, we moved Eden from our room to her crib. She sleeps in a sleep sack, because she startles herself when she isn't swaddled. She also has a night light, and a noise machine, and she sleeps soundly all night. She is such a morning girl too. I love seeing her smiling face wen I go to get her out of her crib in the morning. I also love being rested enough to enjoy the smiling face. :) God sure has blessed us with her.