She did it!!

She did it!! We have been working so hard this week on helping Madeline go down to bed and be able to soothe herself, instead of me spending countless hours rocking her to bed, and have tried to get her on a routine (not a schedule, but a little more of a routine). She has steadily gotten better (at first we tried the cry it out method, and I just felt like that was a little harsh, so we eased up just a bit and went in and comforted her a little more often) and last night- she slept through the night!!! I can't believe it! We weren't even trying to get her to sleep through the night yet! She just did it on her own, and everytime she woke up she just soothed herself back to sleep!!! I wish I could have enjoyed it a bit more, but I got up and checked on her like a dozen times to make sure she was still alive, because honestly last night I got up about 4 times to feed her, and then tonight- voila!! Finally at 6 a.m. I woke her up because I HaD to feed her (you breastfeeding moms out there will understand)! And then she did it again- she soothed herself back to sleep!! We have such a genius baby!! I am so happy! Yeah! sleep again! How wonderful!