Good grief, I'm tired.
Carolyn's been out of the swaddle for three nights in a row and that equals three sleepless nights for the mother.
Last night was horrible.
We put her down around 8:30 only to have her wake up at 10:45.
As usual, she started with a whimper.
I went in, calmed her, and left, closing the door.
Ten minutes later, it escalated.
I went in, calmed her, and left.
Every five minutes for the next thirty minutes, I repeated the process.
This did not make her happy.
She started to scream.
As in screaming so hysterically, she was gagging herself, coughing, and then puking all over her bed.
Not that we're not acquainted with puke around here.
This went on for another thirty minutes.
Husband had to take over.
He would go in, calm her, come back to bed, and giggle at her.
For some reason, he thinks her screaming is cute.
I can barely stand it - it makes me nervous.
She finally cried herself to sleep by about 12:15.
Then we repeated the process to a lesser degree at 3:30.
Tell me again how long this cry-it-out training takes.
It better not be more than one more day.
I might go crazy.
2 comments:
I love following your blog!!! I wanted to let you know that crying it out does work. My kids are 11 and 7, and I can still remember thinking how hard it was. We took the advice of our pediatrician regarding sleep habits, and I promise it does work...:)...Encouragement sent your way!!!
I don't know if this would help or not--my son always got madder if we went in to comfort him and would sometimes throw up too. I started setting my phone timer for 15 minutes when he started fussing and did not go in unless he cried past the first 15 or maybe even 20 minutes. Then I'd go in for a few minutes--keeping everything dark and quiet except for the sleep sheep (makes rain or wave noise). Then wait another 10 minutes or 15 if I could stand it. And not pick him up but shush and pat his back a sec, make sure he was fine, and leave again--repeating. Once in a while (even at 18 mos) he tries the fussing bit again but it seems if I wait first to go in he settles back down most of the time. I think its worse for some kids if they see you.
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