I have thought for a long time that having your baby cry was the only way to get them to sleep throughout the night. After all, a little crying never really hurt anyone.
I have tried on a couple of occasions to let BabyP cry (all for two or three days in a row). I am not making him scream and ignoring him; I am going to him and telling him he is okay. I sleep right next to him so he knows he hasn't been forgotten. When I don't nurse him, he just wakes up more frequently and gets angry. He doesn't get sad, he gets angry. He stands up and YELLS AT ME. When I pick him up after a long holler, he roots around to nurse. It is so sad. I have a hard time believing that my 23 pound boy is that hungry, but maybe he just needs the comfort that bad.
So I am throwing in the towel. I don't know what we are going to do, but I want to sleep. The last two nights the baby has actually co-slept with me. I would have gotten okay sleep last night had his sister not had some nightmares. I ended up getting up with her because she sounded so awful and daddy didn't move fast enough.
I guess I will read up some more on sleep. I can't help but wonder if Baby P isn't getting his molars. It just seems like we can't get a break. At least he didn't start this until a couple of months ago.
His sister on the other hand, she sounded so sad sleeping by herself in her room. She said "it is scary in here." I crawled into bed and cuddled her until she went to sleep. Poor sweet girl. I don't know what the dreams were, but I don't remember her ever being scared of anything. One time, she didn't want to ride a horse when she was 2, but that is about all I know she has ever been scared of.
sigh... More coffee please.
1 comment:
We are in the same boat with little man. I chose co-sleep as well. I know this gets better - it did with big sis. But it is hard to see the light (or sleep) at the end of the tunnel!
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