Paci Duty

I have found a way to get my child to sleep for 4 hour stretches at night. The only downfall...it requires me to stand over her crib for about 15-30 minutes to make sure she doesn't spit out her paci. But when she does, I'm right there to put it back in before she wakes up too much. You may say, "Why not just give it to her, go get in bed, and when she wakes up, go give it to her?" Well, I find that I am less frustrated if I just stand there instead of getting in bed, getting comfortable, then, right when I'm about to fall asleep, hearing the wonderful noises of her screaming in protest because she's lost her paci for too long of a stretch. And, if I can sleep for 3 hours instead of 1, then why not stand there?

So far I have been the only one to stand paci duty because I know that Chris doesn't have the patience to stand there until she's asleep. He'd give it to her, stand there til her eyes close, then come get in bed. Maybe I will be able to convince him to use my method soon so that we are both up at night, instead of just me.