Gabby slept her first night unwrapped last night!
I was speaking to one of the girls at my MG, and she was telling me how she managed to get her son to stop being wrapped at night.
She started putting him in a sleeping bag just for his overnight sleep. She said it was easier to do it this way with him because he was more tired and didn't fight sleep as much as he did during the day.
I thought I would give it a go because the few times that I had tried Gabby during the day, she would just play or cry (throwing the dummy out of the cot, kicking up to the end of the cot and hitting her head etc.).
So I gave it a go last night and she went to sleep ok. I still had to get up a few times to put the dummy back in (she's been very dummy-hungry since her top teeth started coming through) and I had to pick her up once because she wouldn't settle (which never happens - must have been the fact that her arms were out).
She woke up for good at 6am when she normally sleeps until 8-9am when wrapped. Still, I figure it's probably going to take a bit of getting used to. I think Neil having a shower woke her up. When she's wrapped, she just goes back to sleep but I guess it's all pretty new to have the arms out and about at that time of morning.
So I'll keep plugging away at it. I'll still wrap her during the day for a couple of weeks and then try to slowly get her used to sleeping without being wrapped. It will be nice not to have to do it anymore but I want her to be ready. She is crawling now but still won't roll from back to front. It's bizarre! If I put her on her back, she won't even try to roll over - she'd rather just crack it until I pick her up, LOL.
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