The Sleep Saga, Part Two

After a miserable week of experimenting, I have come to the conclusion that Mini-Me is too young for any sort of tough-it-out sleep training. She gets upset, then ramps up to full-on hysterical and can't calm down on her own. I read Harvey Karp's stuff about sleep in Happiest Baby on the Block and we're back to swaddling, cuddling, and nursing before naps and bedtime. The changes we are making right now: trying to catch naptime earlier, before we get to the eye-rubbing cranky stage, and putting Mini-Me in her crib while she is still just slightly awake rather than completely conked out.

So far so good. For the last few days she has been able to fall asleep in her crib by herself for naps, and when that doesn't work we use the swing. We are visiting my parents this week, and she went down for three naps today, all in an unfamiliar crib, and did fine. I am crossing my fingers that this is a turning point.