The Latest on Sleep

It's been a rough few months in the sleep department. Ryan and Lucie consistently slept through the night in March and April. But after a series of trips in May, June, and July, they became dependent on midnight feedings. So for the last five months, a typical night meant 1 to 2 nighttime visits from Megan.

On the advice of their pediatrician, we decided to show some tough love with Lucie and Ryan. A weeks ago, we re-implemented a cry-it-out policy -- a 10 minute waiting period for all night-time crying. The first night was disasterous with at least 4 attempts to wail through the waiting period. We're fortunate our neighbors didn't call the police. But after a few nights, the crying jags dropped to one per night. And, just in time for the weekend, Lucie and Ryan slept from 7pm to 7am on both Friday and Saturday nights. Ahhh!