Sleeping in Their Cribs

We have hit quite a milestone at our house this last week. Over the last few weeks the girls have been intermittently sleeping through the nights and it became more consistent in the last two weeks. After a week straight of sleeping through, Anna and Elizabeth spent their first night in their cribs last Sunday (Nov. 30th). Elizabeth had a hard time falling asleep in her wide open crib, but once asleep, she slept through, no problem. Anna just needed her pacifier put back in her mouth a few times before she slept to the morning.

Once those two were upstairs, Kate spent some time by herself downstairs before I put her in her crib last night (Dec. 3) because she had not been getting up either. She transitioned like Elizabeth did on her first night, we kept having to comfort her. The nice part about being in their cribs is I can now sleep in my own bed again! This is the first time sleeping in my bed since the middle of the summer and I think it is more comfortable than ever! And, Jack waking up at 5:30am isn't as much of an issue anymore since he comes in our bed instead of coming downstairs and waking up the babies when we were all down there. Never underestimate the value of sleep! I have been getting about six hours of uninterrupted sleep which has been great!

Elizabeth loves her fish tank, just like Jack did.

We stopped using the blankets because the girls move in their cribs. When we checked on Elizabeth the first night, her feet were up against the rails. In the morning, she was sideways in the crib. Don't ask me how they can move in their swaddles.

Anna

Kate--the baby of the family in Jack's old crib