Eat my fist: a sleep update

It's been about a week since we started training Kiyomi to self-soothe, and I have to say, it has gone much smoother than I expected.  The longest she cried, on and off, was about an hour.  Nowadays, she *usually* falls asleep after about 10 minutes of crying/self-soothing.  Her fist is her favourite self-soothing tool, and she often crams her hands into her mouth.  Sometimes, she extends her fingers and ends up choking herself!

I am SO proud of my little girl for learning how to self-soothe!  We've been putting her down for naps in her car seat, so that she would learn to nap anywhere, and the other day, she even put herself to sleep at church!

As for me...my husband commented that I seem much happier, and I have to say, Kiyomi's self-soothing ability has revolutionized my quality of life!  I suddenly have so much more free time (alas, I guess I must finally get around to the laundry!), and because I know she'll take a nap every eat, activity, sleep cycle, I can also plan to rest.  Ha, although most of the time that she's napping, I'm staring at the monitor, watching her sleep!

Praise God for self-soothing babies!