More on sleep

We have continued working on Penny's naps. Knowing that she can only stay up for 1-2 hrs at a time, timing when to start soothing her has been key. We were keeping her up too long before, which was making her over-tired. I've been studying various methods of sleep training and we tried a little of the Weissbluth (cry-it-out) method one day, but it is too traumatic for us. On the other hand, spending 45 minutes rocking her until she is fully asleep each time is also too much. I think we may opt for the "pick-up/put-down" method where you put baby down drowsy and come back if/when she cries and help her to get back to drowsy. Eventually, this process is supposed to get shorter. Last night, for the first time, I put her in her crib when she was drowsy (but not asleep) and she fell asleep on her own! It was a bittersweet moment of being proud and at the same time, a little sad that she didn't need me...