Sleep Training

This morning we started sleep training! No, not for the baby, but for Lily! Since the baby was born Lily has taken to getting up earlier and earlier! She used to get up in the morning around 7:00 or 7:30 (and she would stay in bed until we came to get her). Those days are gone. Ugghhh. The last couple of mornings she has woken us up at 5:45a.m.- too early (for her and for us). Last night she actually tried to wake Joe up at 4:30a.m. Needless to say Joe put her back tp bed. So this morning we began to implement the new morning rule- which is that she has to stay in bed or in her room playing quietly until the light in her room comes on (Joe put it on a timer to turn on a 7a.m.). I did have to escort her back to her room 3 times, but it was only the first morning! Our hope is that she will gradually start sleeping a little later again (which will help all of us feel better rested). We will actually be buying the night light pictured above- which glows blue like the moon when it's time to sleep and glows orange like the sun when it's time to get up (it's on a timer). We are getting the night light so that we can bring our "sleep training" with us when we travel. We'll let you know if it works!