Whew...we have all recovered and the quarantine has been lifted. In the midst of all that, Oliver turned three months old! We celebrated by helping him (and us) sleep through the night. As you may or may not remember, we did the Ferber thing with Owen when he was around nine months old. The only reason we waited was because we didn't know about ferberization and once it worked, we couldn't believe we didn't try it sooner. We firmly believe this is why Owen was and still is a wonderful sleeper.
The book actually suggests starting when the baby is four months old, but Oliver was already doing so well, we decided to give it a go a month early. It's been a little over a week, and so far the results are good. We've only made it to the critical 15 minutes on two or three occasions. Right now he goes to bed around 9-9:30 and sleeps until 7:00. If he wakes at all, it's usually around 5:00. Sometimes he only cries for a minute or two and that's all we hear. Sometimes he moans and we don't know what that's about. He's usually not awake, so I like to think he's dreaming. I think he would sleep longer in the morning, but with our schedules, 7:00 works well.
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