sleeping like a baby

elenora is amazing. last night after waking twice and putting herself back to sleep within a minute each time, she woke for four minutes at one in the morning, and then slept in her crib until five! i couldn't believe it! i didn't have to feed her or anything.

(i brought her into our bed at five and fed her and we all snoozed until about eight. not sure if i should bring her in at the end, but it let us get good sleep.)

then for her morning nap i nursed her and rocked her in her glider chair and then i put her in her crib. she got upset and cried, but after ten minutes she was asleep and slept for nearly an hour before waking. then we let her cry for a minute to see what would happen, and again she put herself back to sleep and has been sleeping for another forty minutes!

i'm speechless. it's such a relief to find that she's mature enough to learn this so easily. what a good little girl. i feel silly for being so afraid of this for so long. this is really going to make life easier.