As i mentioned in my post yesterday, day one was a huge success.  She went down well, only cried for a few minutes and slept for about 2 hours.  Other than asking a couple of times while we were reading her book she didn’t seem to really miss nursing at all.  She was incredibly happy to nurse before bed yesterday though!

Day two was a success as well.  She is now napping soundly.  It did take her longer to fall asleep, about 30 minutes.  Although, she only cried for a couple of seconds today, most of the time she was just talking to her stuffed animals.  I had expected it to be a little rougher today as she went down for her nap late due to a lunch date we had with friends,  but so far so good.

Today I did the same as yesterday.  I:

• Got her ready for her nap as usually; grabbed her blankie, kissed the kitties, changed her diaper, got her crib organized, and closed her blinds.
• I started to read her a story.  However, today she wasn’t all that interested in the story, I read a couple of pages and then she just closed the book and pointed at her bed and said “bed”.
• I gave her a big hug and kiss and laid her down in her crib and left the room.

The big success for me was that she didn’t ask to nurse and when she didn’t want to listen to the story she asked to go into her bed.  This might be way easier than I had thought it was going to be.  I had been prepared for a battle and had been dreading starting this process, but Maya has surprised me again and made me so proud of her.

I’ll keep you posted on our progress.