Who are you and that have you done with my Little Monster?

I know it has been a long time since I last posted and I apologize.....sorry Pesce.

We arrived safely in the cheese state late on Friday. I spent a little over 24 hours away from LM and apparently while we were apart the body snatchers came and replaced her with a good baby that sleeps and everything. Now, this is a little disconcerting, but you will never hear this sleep-deprived mama complaining. Apparently the sleep gods took pity on me and switched my adorable but perpetually awake baby with one that takes consistent naps and can sleep through the night....WTF?

Ok, so I have to admit the change wasn't overnight, but it kinda felt like it. Since we got here she has been taking good long naps twice a day which in itself if AWESOME! But miracle of miracles there is more. Monday night we decided that we should start the sleep training in earnest. I must say that I was dreading it. I had full faith in LM's ability to cry us all into a mental institution. So the first night we all made a plan and vowed to stick with it.

Rule 1: We would let her cry for 5 minutes and then go comfort her for 5 minutes (Do this a
few times and then increase time interval she cries by 5 minutes but do not increase
the comfort interval.
Rule 2: We will not pick her up except in extreme freak-out situations.
Rule 3: If this goes one for 1.5 hours the mission will be abandoned for the night (I made this
rule based on the fact that I didn't think I could stand any more than that).

Night One:
So we put her down and half an hour later she was up crying. Husband went in to comfort her and she was back to sleep in less than the 5 minutes allotted....super. That wasn't so bad.

the second time she was back down after 2.5 minutes....even better.

After that she slept for 8 hours straight...wooohoooooo!

Night Two:
Because he had done so well the night before we decided to start with 10 minute crying intervals. She woke up. She cried. She fell back to sleep...sans comforting. HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME!!

She did this a dew more times and every time was able to comfort herself back to sleep.

This is night 3 and so far she has been asleep for about 3.5 hours and hasn't woken up (knock on wood). Maybe she can make it all night.

So here are somethings that I think helped.
1. She is now in a dull sized crib with comfy mattress
2. She no longer lives in Manhattan with all the noise.
3. It actually gets dark here
4. Husband did all the comforting that first night. I think if I had gone in with the precious mammary glands she would have fought harder.

I really am amazed at how easy this all was. I really expected the worst. Everyone always told me how horrible the first sleep training is.....guess we got lucky.

There is only 1 downside to this whole thing. Since we moved, LM has decided that her wake-up time in 6am (about when the sun rises). this is not so great for me. I am not a morning person. This means that even though I am getting more continuous sleep I am still tired all day. One of two things will happen: 1. I will eventually come to terms with the fact that my baby is an evil spawn of the early morning devil and make my stubborn as go to sleep earlier; or 2. I will continue to suffer in a state of perpetual sleeplessness.....probably number 2, because I am stupid.