It Works, It Really Works

Since Thursday night we stopped giving the girls bottles during the night. Each night gets better and better but basically they cry a little 1 time in the middle of the night. We check on them to make sure they are ok and don't have little arms and legs sticking out of the crib. Then we set an alarm to go back and check on them in a few minutes. The first couple of nights we did pick them up and comfort them and they finally went back to sleep, but they were only getting up once. Last night they woke up about 3am and after only a little bit and before the alarm went off to go back and check on them they were asleep again. So except for their one time crying each night they are sleeping from 7pm-7am. Who knew that by dropping those feeds the girls would actually sleep LONGER. Now we just need to get our naps in order. We've not been doing so well at those, but I'm trying to make sure they are back to bed after being up for around 2 hours. I thought there was no way they would be tired, but they always go to sleep when I put them down....for the most part. We've always had a 6:30-7ish bedtime but the girls were getting up at least 2 times at night and waking up for good between 5:30-6ish. Now the plan is to get them up between 6-7 so we can try to fit in three naps. I think these poor girls have been over tired for a few months...no wonder they are fussy at times. Hopefully this helps - I know waking up one time at night for a brief moment rather than a few hours two times a night is definitely benefiting me.