Start of STTN for Em?

Em slept a record of 5 hrs 52 mins last night! Ok... I'll round it off to 6! That's STTN by all accounts of definition! It's the first one though so I won't get my hopes up yet. The downside is that we leave for our trip to Japan tomorrow so that might turn her sleeping all upside down again! Booooooo! At least I haven't gotten used to her sleeping for such long stretches yet so it won't really matter. Or maybe she will simply sleep all night while we're on holiday! One can only hope...

Her sleeping habits have improved recently though. Sometimes she wakes up in the middle of her nap, opens her eyes, tosses over, sometimes even gets up to crawl one step, then collapses back down again and sleeps for another cycle. Last night, she woke within 10 mins of putting her down, sat up in her crib and cried, but I leant over and patted her and I'm not sure if its cos she saw I was still there, but she then flopped back onto the bed and fell asleep. Amazing.

I guess what they say about Waiting It Out (WIO) is true! Babies will naturally start sleeping through when they are ready. Before that, they just want that extra cuddling and security in knowing mummy is there for them when they need it. I ❤ u baby Em!