1st Week of Self-Soothing/Babbling

Well we've made it through the first week of letting the kids sooth themselves to sleep. It hasn't been easy, but instead of it taking hours to get them to sleep; it now only takes about 30 minutes. They seem to be adjusting to it. Nap time for now is the hardest, but they do alright at bedtime. As for Mommy and Daddy-we are also adjusting. Daddy has an easier time with it. I tend to go in and check on them several times, but I try to wait until all is quiet. They cry for a bit and call for me, but then they settle down. So I'm getting a few more things done and enjoying some time for myself-although I don't have any clue as to what to do with it yet. I've made a list of things that need to be done and I'm slowly starting to get them done. Henry has been babbling for a while now-"Mamma, Baba,etc and keeps adding more little sounds to his quickly growing vocabulary. Emma has just recently starting saying "Mamma" which sounds really sweet when she does it. And for a while there she would growl at us-it was the funniest thing! They both love to laugh. We are trying to get them to say "Dada", but so far haven't heard anything even close to it. In the morning we like to listen to them talk to each other. It's so sweet. Well that's about it for now. Talk to everyone soon.