Free The No-cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley

may find, like I did, that your evenings are not what you would call a calm, quiet, settling routine for your baby! Later in this book we’ll work together to create a calming presleep routine for your baby, but for now, just take a look at what’s happening in your house.
    Here was mine:

    Create Your Sleep Logs
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    Coleton’s Prebedtime Routine Log
    12 months old
    Time
    What we did
    Activity level
    Noise level Light level
    6:40
    Home from
    Active
    Loud
    Bright
    shopping;
    unload car
    7:00
    Change into
    Calm
    Quiet
    Dim
    pajamas; nurse
    7:45
    Play in Angela’s
    Moderate
    Loud
    Bright
    room; listen to
    her new CD;
    sort her nail
    polish collection
    8:00
    Play airplane and
    Exceptionally
    Very loud
    Bright
    tickle with Daddy
    active!
    8:30
    Watch David’s and Active
    Exuberantly Bright
    Vanessa’s play:
    loud
    Ninja Man and
    the FBI in the
    Rooftop Battle
    8:45
    Lie in bed and
    Calm
    Quiet
    Dark
    nurse
    9:00
    Up again to read
    Calm
    Moderate
    Dim
    with David and
    Vanessa
    9:20
    Back in bed,
    Calm
    Quiet
    Dark
    lie down, nurse
    to sleep
    9:40
    Asleep

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    Anjali, nine months old
    After you have written down your prebedtime hour, log your baby’s awakenings for the night. The easiest way is to put a pile of scrap paper and a pencil next to your bed (not a pen, since in the dark a pencil is more reliable). Place these where you can easily reach them when you wake up during the night. Make sure you can see a clock from where you awaken. Each time your baby wakes up, write down the time. Note how he woke you up (snort, cry, movement). Make a quick note of what you do then—for instance, if you change the baby, write that down. If you are co-sleeping and get out of bed, write that down. If you nurse or give a bottle or pacifier, write that down, too. Make a note of how long your baby is awake, or what time he falls back to sleep. Don’t worry about good penmanship or details.
    In the morning, immediately transfer your notes to your night-waking log on page 61 (or create one on paper or in your computer) so that they make sense. Do this as soon as possible after waking so that everything is fresh in your mind.

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    Here was my first log:
    Coleton’s Night-Waking Log
    12 months old
    How long
    How long Time
    How
    of a sleep
    awake; baby baby
    stretch
    How baby
    what we
    fell back fell back since fell
    Time
    woke me up
    did
    to sleep to sleep asleep*
    9:40
    Fell asleep
    nursing
    11:00
    Sniff and
    10 minutes; 11:10
    Nursing
    9:40–11:00
    snort
    nursed
    11⁄2 hours
    12:46
    Whimper 5
    minutes; 12:51
    Nursing
    11:10–12:46
    nursed
    11⁄2 hours
    1:55
    Sniff and
    10 minutes; 2:05
    Nursing
    12:51–1:55
    snort
    nursed
    1 hour
    3:38
    Whimper 25
    minutes; 4:03
    Nursing
    2:05–3:38
    (wet diaper)
    changed
    11⁄2 hours
    diaper;
    nursed
    4:50
    Sniff and
    10 minutes; 5:00
    Nursing
    4:03–4:50
    snort
    nursed
    3⁄4 hour
    5:27
    Movement 15
    minutes; 5:42
    Nursing
    5:00–5:27
    nursed
    1⁄2 hour
    6:31

Movement 15
    minutes; 6:46
    Nursing
    5:42–6:31
    nursed
    3⁄4 hour
    7:02
    Movement, 20
    minutes; 7:22
    Nursing
    6:46–7:02
    noise making
    nursed
    1⁄4 hour
    7:48
    Movement,
    Up for the
    7:22–7:48
    noise making
    day
    1⁄2 hour
    *I chose to round my times to the quarter hour. If you wish, you can use exact times, such as 1
    hour 27 minutes. The overall difference is minimal, so you can choose whichever way is most comfortable for you.

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    At the bottom of your night-waking log you’ll find a place to write down a summary of the information in your log. This summary will help you quickly see how your new efforts are affecting your baby’s sleep as you try out the ideas presented in this book.
    This is what my summary looked like:
    Asleep time: 9:40 p.m.
    Awake time: 7:48 a.m.
    Total number of awakenings: 8
    Longest sleep span: 11⁄2 hours
    Total hours of sleep: 81⁄4 hours
    When you have filled out your three logs, answer the sleep questions that