My Empowering Sophie experiment on Tuesday worked! About an hour after leaving her room, I went upstairs and she had turned off her light and fallen asleep.
So I tried it again last night, and it worked. No crying, no Sophie coming downstairs to complain. Have I found the magic potion? Probably not – if I’m being honest, I don’t give this miracle more than another day or two. It’s been way too easy.
The progress made on the going to bed front, didn’t translate, however, into progress on the let’s sleep through the night front. She woke up again in the middle of the night – twice. Oh well. It’s time for more tough love – we need to start ignoring her – let her scream and wake up the neighborhood.