Learning to sleep journal

Here are our notes on Ben's process of learning to fall asleep on his own.

October 12

7:40 in bed

7:45 hard crying

7:53 Jeff put hand on Ben's chest; Ben was silent the entire time

7:55 Jeff left room and Ben started crying and rolling

7:57 quiet, on stomach

8:01 one 5-second fuss after noise in kitchen

8:02 short fuss

8:06 crying

8:08 stopped crying

8:12 crying

8:14 very hard crying

8:17 on stomach in sleeping position, ratcheted it down to normal crying/fussing

8:19 stopped crying completely, still in sleeping position on stomach

8:20 fusses

8:21 sleeping!
1:25 a.m. - fed, seemed very hungry
5:10 a.m. - fed, seemed pretty hungry

October 13

7:48 in bed

7:50 fusses

7:51 crying

7:53 hard crying, then quiet; sleeping!
10:30 p.m. - cry for 6 minutes
11:55 p.m. - fed
2:30 a.m. - short cry then kept sleeping
4:15 a.m. - fed, messy diaper

October 14
7:45 in crib
7:50 crying
7:51 stopped crying
7:52 sleeping!
11:30 p.m. - fed (too early?). Seemed hungry.
3:10 p.m. - kicking legs and making noises, not crying. Fed, seemed hungry. I was in a sleep daze and should have waited to see if he'd fall back asleep. Hopefully that won't be bad for tomorrow.

October 15
Napped at odd times.
7:01 in crib
7:03 mild crying/fussing
7:07 fussing
7:10 sleeping!
8:25 p.m. - fed (wouldn't really eat before bed)
10:07-10:12 p.m. - very bad crying with abrupt silences. Back to sleep.
12 a.m. - fed
2 a.m. - messy diaper
2:40 a.m. - fed, seemed hungry
5:15 - fed, seemed hungry

October 16
7:10 in crib
7:14 asleep
9:40 p.m. - fed (wouldn't really eat before bed)
12:15 a.m. - fed, not really hungry, messy diaper
2:30 a.m. - fed, not really hungry
3:30 - mild crying for 1-2 minutes then back to sleep
5:20 - fed, hungry