Not much progress here yet. It was looking good in May but then we hit regression with catching the cold, teething, and Mama's laziness. The crib was moved to the parent's bedroom about two weeks ago and Mini still thinks of it as a playpen and won't sleep there. She needs to fall sleep on the big bed and be transferred to the crib, which is challenging because the move wakes her up and it takes another ten minutes to achieve deep sleep. Even when Mama thinks it's safe enough to put her down, she feels the lowering motion and wakes up (crying and kicking ensues). Argghhh.
When we're lucky enough to get her in the crib via method above, she consistently wakes up around 3am and starts screeching when she realizes she's alone. Here's where Mama is too tired to get Mini back to sleep in the crib and carries her into the big bed where she goes right to sleep until 8am.
Small success yesterday though - Mini was in the crib and lied down when she was asked to. She at least pretended to sleep.
Bedtime is anywhere from 8:30 to 10pm. Here's the routine - wash hands, change diaper, drink milk, put on PJs, brush teeth, find Monkey, lie down, rub Mama's ears till they hurt, fall asleep.
Nap times are consistent around 11am to 1pm and again from 5pm to 7pm. These are being moved to Mini's room instead of the big bed. It's too easy for Mini to wake up, crawl around drowsy, and fall off. Even though Mini gives us warning calls before she starts moving and seems to know that falling will hurt, you can't be too sure.
New nap time set-up w/ 4 inch fall
