Holy moly. This is working. Night 4.

Guys. Seriously. This is working. I wish I could meet Nicole (sleep consultant) in person and just give her a huge hug. Those first two ni...

Night 3

Last night's going to bed was slightly miraculous. She didn't take a good afternoon nap, so we started bedtime routine at 5:30 with ...

Sleep Training, nights 1 and 2

In general, sleep training sucks. It just does. As I briefly mentioned in my last post, we are working on bedtimes only for the first few ...

"I didn't know that was even a thing."

We hired a sleep consultant. As my mom said, "I didn't know that was even a thing." Neither did I, until I did, and now here w...

Sleep (what else???)

It is 10:31 p.m. as I sit down to write this post. Annabelle is awake in her room with Jason. She has been awake since about 9:15 p.m. It...

Home School Expo

I spent the last few days in Chicago-land checking out the Home School Expo and spending time with my parents. My friend Kim and her son Cal...

Sleep update

The last two nights I have been at my parent's house by myself with Annabelle...no Jason. We have been at a homeschool conference (more ...

Week #2. Night #8.

Last night was the first night of week 2, and it started off horribly, as most Mondays do. Since Annabelle basically had a 3 hour nap (with ...

It's been 1 week. Night #7

Last night was a total joke, and it was my own fault. I am exhausted. I'm exhausted from getting out of bed to go to Annabelle, from pay...

Night #6

Oooh my. Last night was ri.dic.u.lous. Jason was gone until after midnight, so I was home with Annabelle alone attempting to get her down wi...

Night #5

Last night wasn't bad, just different because we weren't home at bedtime. Annabelle's naps were short yesterday, so on the way t...

Night #4

Last night went sort of better, in a sense, kind of... (despite not taking a morning nap, and not going down in the afternoon until 3:00, wh...

Night #3

Someone please tell me that sleep coaching is like cleaning your house...it gets worse before it gets better...right??? 7:00 - Nursed to s...

Night #2

Last night was awful. Jason was gone from 7:45 til about 11:00ish, so I was on my own. Since I am the one that nurses Annabelle back to slee...

Sleep Coaching--Night #1

Last night was our first night of keeping Annabelle in her crib and "sleep coaching" her, as I wrote about a couple of posts ago. ...