life as mom to my little "penguin". : Sleep Update

Well after my last post I think I may have jinxed us a little. Apparently my little bed-hogger now wants to be a stomach sleeper. And let me say the first time she decided to attempt to sleep on her stomach our hearts stopped beating. It was more because as I say her attempt at it meant she had her face firm against the mattress! Her little nose was pressed against the mattress and we could not tell if she was breathing! We ran upstairs and immediately moved her to her back again. Needless to say she was not happy about that at all! So much that a couple hours later I woke up to check on her and she was at again but this time was even more scary because I had no idea how long she had been like that. So again ran to her room and repositioned her on her back again. Every night since then she prefers her stomach. After having a nervous breakdown I reached out to some fellow moms on instagram and close friends for advice. I felt better after hearing their personal experiences and embraced her wanting to sleep on her tummy, because I am actually a stomach sleeper too (I know, I know that is not good for me either but it is a habit I am working on)!
We also spoke to our pediatrician's office and they said it was fine as long as we can help her turn her face to the side, instead of her being face-planted on the mattress. She has gotten a lot better about it and I think she is quite comfortable.
As for naps, those are slowly getting better. I read in another mom's blog A Cup of Jo (http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com) that she had recommended a book called "The Sleepeasy Solution" and I bought it immediately. I have to be honest and I have not read it from front to cover, I just skipped through it to get to the issues I am having. She recommended for naps for babies 4 to 6 months, should get 3 to 4 of them during the day. She breaks it down that after they first wake in the morning the first nap should be 2 hours from that moment. Then the rest of the naps are 2 1/2 hours from then on from when she wakes up from each nap. Also that she should get 3 to 4 of sleep from all naps during the day. Well Little O has not been getting that since she fights them so much. I am talking 30 to 45 minutes per nap. However today was a good day and one nap last over 1 hour so I will take it and hope that she is getting more comfortable with them.
So our first week of transition is complete. So far sleeping in her crib at night has been the less challenging, not including her becoming a stomach sleeper and nap times have been the most challenging. I am hoping for part 2 a.k.a. second week of napper to crib transition will be more about longer naps and less sleep interruption during the night time. I also had heard/read that the earlier they go to bed the less likely they will be early to rise. That has not been our case so far so maybe that will happen this coming week, fingers crossed! :)

This is how it all began, her turning to her side: