Since I whined about G’s latest sleep habits, it’s only fair I follow-up with an update.
Overall? Things are good. Not 100% back to normal, but a lot better than the clingy, cry-ie mess we had on our hands.
The second night we had no tears. At all. He just stood up in his crib until story time was over. I kind of had to talk him into sitting down, and later lying down, but he got the program. It got progressively easier with each night since. We’re now down to 1 story, and 1 song. I sit in the glider until he snoozes, but I do so in silence. He occasionally pops up his head like a prairie dog to make sure I’m still there, but it’s working.
The next step is to put him down, read, sing and just get up and walk away while he falls asleep on his own. We’ll get there soon enough though.