One night down

I decided that since I don't work on Fridays and this is a more relaxed weekend, I would start on the re-education of Charli's sleep pattern. She had a good day at school today but of course did not nap. They had also gone for two walks outside today and we went for one after dinner. Being that she should have been very tired and having had all that fresh air I thought she may just fall to sleep as soon as she hit the pillow. I put one of my pillows in her crib for her along with her teddy bear and blanket. (I know pillows are not a normal thing here in the US but Charli came home sleeping best on a pillow) I put her to bed and waited 5 minutes. She didn't settle down. Went into her room, put all her blankets, bears, and pillow back in bed and left. I waited 10 minutes this time. Did the routine again and waited 20 minutes. She didn't get so hysterical that she was soaking wet with sweat like she used to. She also did manage to settle down for brief periods of time. I could not go the next step which is waiting 30 minutes. She's sound asleep on my bed-it took only 6 minutes from the time I got up, went to get her and put her down until she was out. She really was tired. I'll try again tomorrow night and maybe I can go to the 30 minute mark. Hopefully within a week or so she'll be sleeping her normal 10-12 hours in her bed. In the meantime, I'll just take it one night at a time. I'll let you know how it goes.