Felicity Finally Learns to Sleep!!!

Finally, Felicity is going to sleep in her bed, by herself! It has only taken just over 3 years, but I finally decided to give it another try. The first night didnt work so well, with me giving in to the nonstop crying for just over 2 and a half hours, daddy let her fall asleep cuddling up to her. I was relieved to say the least but also knew that we had just made it an even harder task for the next night. So, the next day I talked about it with her ALL day! We played in her bed, LOTS! We read LOTS of books, IN bed! Pretty much my whole day was dedicated to how awesome her bed was, and to my surprise that night was an actual success, with barely any tears! We found a new rule that seemed to work a dream. She was aloud to read books in her bed, for as long as she liked, but she was NOT aloud to hop out of her bed. She came out to us once! ONCE!!! Yes, honest truth ONCE!!! It probably took her about half an hour to actually go to sleep, but she did it, without us nearby, and with barely any tears. And, she now sleeps in her own bed ALL night. WOW, I had started to forget what it was like to have one entire bedroom in the house that belongs to me and my husband. A kingsize bed that now has a whole side unused! My bathroom only has our things in it again. And finally the bedtime routine is in order again, the way it used to be :) I certainly hope this routine sticks around, I am loving the freedom of my space again!