Little Bug is a pretty good sleeper. However, at naptimes I have noticed her waking after 30 minutes or so and wanting me to stick the passy back in her mouth.

Not ready to let her cry it out, I have always just stuck the passy back in her mouth and back to sleep she goes ... until she needs the passy again.

Well, as I wrote yesterday, with the EASY Routine, I don’t want to constantly be running to her to put the passy back in her mouth when I am having my quiet with the Lord, doing a load of laundry, cleaning or just trying to sit and relax for a moment with a good book!

I also learned from reading books that babies go through cycles of light and deep sleep. Many wake up during the transition between light and deep sleep needing an aid to get back to sleep whether it be a passy, a pat on the back, a bottle, a rock in the rocking chair.

Guess when babies transition from light to deep sleep? About 30-45 minutes into sleep.

So the issue here with Little Bug is she is falling asleep just fine (with her passy) but then when her little body is trying to transition into deep sleep she wakes needing the passy that has fallen out.

So I have to stop what I am trying to get done around the house to go put her passy back in her mouth sometimes two, three even four times during naptime. (For some reason, Little Bug gave up the passy at nighttime a long time ago!)

I found this scenario was not giving Little Bug the rest she needs since her sleep keeps getting interrupted with the absence of her passy in the mouth and I wasn’t being able to get things done while she is sleeping because I am constantly running to her to help her get back to sleep.

So, today I decided if she woke up after 30 minutes I was going to let her cry it out.

I laid her down at 9:00am. Sure enough, at 9:30am she was crying wanting her passy.

I went to her and gave her a pat on the back and said, “It’s okay, Little Bug. You are sleepy, go night-night!”

She cried and cried.

At the time, I was doing my Bible Study and decided I need to put it away for now and concentrate on our very first cry it out session! (I knew God would understand!)

Five minutes go by and I give her another pat.

Her cries turn to wailing when I go back to sit at the computer desk.

The friend we met at the hospital, Jean, was on-line and I started chatting with her.

Another 5 minutes go by, Little Bug is still wailing. I give her a little pat on her booty, the wailing ceases for a moment and then starts again.

This repeated itself for almost an hour! Sometimes she would just about stop crying, but then start up again. Sometime it was just a cry, sometimes it was a wail.

I had just about decided I have a strong-willed child when she stopped crying and went to sleep!

She is sleeping now!

Success!!

- Elaine