The Sleep Lady's Good Night Sleep Tight

Creating a Schedule Sample Schedule 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. Wake-up. Upon waking, nurse or bottlefeed and give solids. 9:00 or 9:30 a.m. Morning nap, one and a half to two hours. Upon waking, nurse or bottle-feed and give solids. 12:30 or 1:00 p.m. Afternoon nap, one and a half to two hours. Upon waking, nurse or bottlefeed. 3:30–4:00 p.m. (depending on previous naptime). Optional third nap, about forty-five minutes to an hour. 5:00 or 5:30 p.m. Nurse or bottlefeed and give solids. 6:00–6:30 p.m. Start bath and bedtime preparations, which may include an additional bottle or nursing. 7:00–7:30 p.m. Asleep. (Location 2030)

Penny found Anita’s crying easier to take at naptime than at night. “I wasn’t so exhausted; I wasn’t trying to sleep myself,” she said. “And I knew Anita was exhausted; I knew she really needed this nap. That allowed me to put up with some crying. She cried for forty-five minutes once, but that was the worst. Usually it was twenty to thirty minutes, and even that stopped in a week and a half.” Anita began sleeping for a solid hour, and then gradually extended her nap to an hour and a half. (Location 2524)