Thank you, Dr. Ferber.

Well, we did it. It's no fun listening to your baby cry, especially the first night. However, since apparently this method was tailor made for our baby, it went much better than expected and the usual 4 minutes of crying every night is TOTALLY worth the fun (not cranky) bath times, the pleasant (not angry) diaper changes and the generally improved mood overall. I love it. She started instantly sleeping all night, and she now goes to bed around 10:00 instead of 11:00. I bet we could make it even earlier. So yeah, should have done this months ago.

We also had a great weekend for the 4th, and she was even cheerier for that, even with all the traveling, different people, and screwy schedules. Eleanor even helped Mom with the dishes. Here she is sorting the utensils with wood from the rest. ...and maybe some forks.