Mayhem, Nightmare or Act or Terrorism. No matter what you like to think of it as Sleep Training is hard. With E, I was extremely blessed and she loved sleep from the day she was born. Literally she was three days old and it was our first night at home and she was sleeping through the night. I would even try to get her up and feed her as I had been told to do. She wanted nothing to do with waking up or eating in the middle of the night! I asked her doctor what I should do about it and she told me "Let the poor girl sleep. As long as she is eating enough ounces during the day and gaining weight she is fine. She probably trying to tell you that she needs her beauty sleep." I was relieved be cause that meant that I could sleep through the night and wake up a happier more alert mommy.
M on the other hand loved to snack in the middle of the night until he was almost 2 months old. It didn't help that because I had had a C-Section that I had him in our room for easier access. Then as he was getting older he began having breathing issues due to collapsed nasal passages. We then couldn't let him cry to long or he would plug up his nasal stints which would mean we had to take them out and clean them. Taking them out and putting them back in would wake him up without fail. Now he is 10 months old and we are having to teach him how to go to bed on his own. It is horrible!
Night 1: We decided to use the cry it out method because he was fighting most any other method we tried.He screamed bloody murder for over an hour and then whimpered himself to sleep. I felt so bad and it was so hard. I went in every 20 minutes just to calm him down a little and let him know that he wasn't being abandoned. I followed the general rules of not picking him up and not talking to him. I would go back and sit on my bed just about in tears as I listened to him scream.
Night 2: He only cried for about 20 minutes and didn't have any crazy screaming fits. I still was sitting there praying please baby boy just go to sleep. I promise it is good for you! I don't know how other parents do this it is so hard and i pride myself on being a "Mean Mom".
Night 3: We will see how it goes! Wish us luck that it gets better and he figures out that sleep is a good thing!
I will update you when we figure it out!
UPDATE 12/14/16: He has finally figured it out and only cries for a second if that. I think it is just his little way of saying please if you don't have to don't leave me.
Naps on the other hand are still a work in progress. He hates to be left out of anything or feel like he is missing all the fun. Little Stinker bum!
Frustrated and Praying,
Jenna
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