Our 2nd post (and sleep, sleep, sleep)

We're trying to post at least once a week or more if time lets us...Mom has a journal for the twins and has a hard time keeping up with that...so hopefully I'm better with this. Hey....maybe even Dad will post...you will definitely know the difference as his posts will have all the cool "wingdings" attached....just like how he did the title with the twins black and white pics.

Anyway...
Yea!!! We have officially gotten through "cry it out" and have discovered again what sleeping through the night feels like. So.....we were attempting all other things besides cry it out (as mom did not want to do it) to get Jake and Ry to sleep at night and sleep through the night...we finally gave up when Jake and Ry decided that it was more fun to goof around in their cribs for 30-40 minutes before bed while mom and dad were in their rooms trying to get them to sleep; plus they continued to wake at night, at least once. We had asked other people what had worked for them and the majority of them had said we were just "delaying the inevitable" (letting them cry). I have to admit Jake and Ry are doing wonderfully with the "cry it out" technique. The first two days and nights were not fun for any of us (mom was ready to quit the first night), but by the third night they went to sleep on their own and now sleep through the night until 6:30-7 in the morning. It seems like everyone is more rested in the morning; mom and dad are happy to NOT get up in the middle of the night--usually only for that damn pacifier!!! We are greatful for the sleep!!!