She slept in her crib!

So, I decided yesterday to try getting Riley to sleep in her crib alone in her room last night instead of her bassinet next to us. The first try and around 10:45pm lasted all of ten minutes before she realized she wasn't in her familiar comfy bed and cried for mommy. The second try at 11:00pm, was just as unsuccessful. So, on the third try, I thought maybe if I put the vibrator from her bassinet in the crib with her, the vibration and noise would soothe her. Yeah.... no. No fooling Miss Riley. She slept for all of 5 minutes before she started crying again.

Okay, most of you at this point would tell me to let her cry it out. Well, I really can't do that without panicking. A couple of weeks ago, I let her cry for a little bit once so I could finish pumping and she got so worked up she choked on her own saliva. Not just choked, she literally almost suffocated herself. I looked up when she coughed and a huge bubble of saliva surrounded her mouth. I jumped up and patted her back and what can only be described as a NET of saliva shot out of her mouth onto my hand and her clothes. It was THE SCARIEST thing I'd ever seen. I didn't know something like that was possible. Needless to say, I am not about to let her cry herself to sleep until she's a little older and I'm a little less paranoid.

Anyway, back to the crib story. So, now its about 12:30am and as I rocked her back to sleep for the FOURTH time, I got the bright idea to take her blankets from the bassinet that she normally sleeps on and lay them down in the crib. I put her down on them, turned on the vibrator like I would if she were still in the bassinet and.............. voila! She slept! And she continued sleeping until 6am. Yay Riley!! I knew you could do it! :-) Oy, but I'm exhausted.