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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again, I’m literally in disbelief.  Aside from the 4 min hard crying at the start of the night she woke up a few more times and fussed for maybe 30 seconds each time. I’m currently pumping because my boobs feel like they’re going to explode. Planning to wake her at 7am if she’s not up by then. I’m stunned, happy, but stunned!! Will be a believer if it sticks again tonight.

To answer my own question I guess we went with extinction because we never made it to a check. I guess she just needed to be in her own room and for me to get out of her way![/quote]

So happy for you!

It’s the negative sleep association—you feed a baby until they’re asleep, then the last thing they remember is a nipple in their mouth and being in mom’s
Arms. At the next sleep cycle they partially rouse themselves and they’re on a flat crib and think “wait, what happened? I was just in moms arms! Help!” Then the cycle repeats.  If they fall asleep in the crib, then the light part
Of the sleep cycle comes and they think “oh yeah this is where I have been” and can go right back to sleep. The example in one of the books is—imagine if you feel asleep in your bed and then woke up in the middle of the night on the kitchen floor. You would be confused at the change and look for help to get back to your bedroom if you couldn’t do it yourself.[/quote]

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