the sleeping giant

 so jeremy and i have decided to start a sleep routine with jaylin.  she's 6 months old now.  she needs  to be falling asleep on her own and sleeping through the night(at least that's what the books say).  i know, i know...just now starting a sleep routine!  but before this, i would rock her to sleep and i loved it.  it was our time of the night.  a time when i knew that in my arms, she was safe.  she had everything she wanted-me to hold her and cuddle her and a bottle. 
well my jaylin is a big girl.  she does not need that bottle to go to sleep with and she doesn't need to be waking up to have one either.  a baby that is 6 months old can fast for up to 12 hours.  how glorious that would be...12 hours of sleep.  i don't know what i would do with myself.  i believe that jeremy and i would throw a party, albeit a quiet no music party as to not wake the sleeping baby, but a party nonetheless. 
back to the routine.  last night, when jaylin started rubbing her eyes i scooped her up and gave her a bath.  then after bath, put on pajamas, sat in her quiet room and read her a story.  she did get a bottle, but there was only 3 oz of formula and it had been quite a while since she had ate last.  i laid her down after her bottle and she went right to sleep.  it was awesome!!!!  no rocking her for 20 minutes.  she even soothed herself back to sleep after the stupid neighborhood kids came over to see if we wanted to buy some chocolate bars. 
she woke up at 10:45 to eat.  i wasn't mad at this.  i kind of expected it.  i gave her a small amount of sweet potatoes at 5pm and a 3oz bottle at 8pm.  i knew she was actually hungry.  i gave her some oatmeal and water and rocked her for 5 minutes...back to sleep.  she still woke up at 2:45 for another bottle and a diaper change.  i gave her 3oz and back to bed.  awake again at 6:30am, but that's what time she wakes up.  my jaylin is an early riser.  this is an improvement compared to a regular night.  i know that this seems like a lot of waking up, but we are working with it.  tonight instead of 3oz of formula at 8pm, she'll get oatmeal and water to tide her over, so she won't wake up at 10:45.
the first week of october, i'm going to try the cry it out method.  i'm dreading it...DREADING it.  but she needs to sleep better.  the first week of october i don't have school because it's not my clinical groups turn.
anywhooo, off to do homework.