Thanks be to God!

Thank God.

Candra's napping much better lately.

She is officially weaned off her pacifier for both her daytime naps and bedtime (cos she doesn't want it anymore). BUT, she has found her thumb (oh dear)!

Maybe it's because she now knows how to self-sooth by sucking her thumb, she sleeps longer for her naps and she tries to return back to sleep on her own after waking up prematurely (instead of crying).

There is much less crying on her part nowadays. When we put her down in her baby cot for "Sleep-time", she goes off to sleep on her own most of the time. Less 30mins cat naps from her now.

Not too sure whether the modified "cry-it-out" method and the establishment of a routine taught her something...that's what we did with her in the hope of training her to take her naps. But anyway, we are glad that her napping has improved tremendously (considering she used to just sleep a maximum of 2 hours in the day).

I just want to give thanks to God for answering our prayers and the prayers said by many others. Ultimately, any learning or change on Candra's part has to be the work of God and no one else.

We prayed for a few things:

1. That Candra would learn to sleep on her own
2. That Candra would not have to rely heavily on the pacifier (which we felt disrupted her sleep)
3. That Candra would learn that her body needs rest when she is tired
4. That Candra would learn that napping is part of her daily routine
5. That Candra would take longer naps

Thanks be to God!