Now I am not exaggerating when I say that Sam has not consistently slept through the night since the day he was born. He would go for a couple of weeks then be up for the next two or three days. And we can't take it anymore. I hate to hear him cry so I don't think I made his bad habits any better. He cries I go in there and rock him and gasp, would sometimes give him a bottle, anything to get him to go back to sleep. But as he is getting older he is figuring out that when he cries at night he gets the attention he wants. And we are exhausted! And with another baby coming oh so soon we have to get a handle on this situation. We have tried almost everything but sleep training. Maybe he gets cold at night, so we put a space heater in his room, maybe he is teething, all his teeth are in now, maybe he is hungry, so we feed him a good snack before bed all with no results. So we have been reduced to the cry it out method. I know I am a hypocrite. I always said I would never do it, I can't listen to my baby cry like that, they will grow out of it, they grow up so fast why not just hold them while you can. Well the lack of sleep and the grumpiness at our home has as rethinking our previous statements. Judge us all you want! Haha.
After lots of talking about what would work best, unfortunately the cry it out method won. Sam just seems to get more worked up if we go in there and rub his back or have any interaction with him at night. He knows if we come he will get attention and it seems to wake him up more. So last night was the first night of cry it out and it was HELL! I hate, hate, hate hearing my baby cry. At first it was just some fussing but as the time progressed it turned it to screaming and some calls for mama. So heartbreaking. I am crying just thinking about it. But eventually he did fall back to sleep at just over an hour. Which was how long it would take to get him back to sleep rocking him so, not too bad? I feel super guilty and I hope I am not traumatizing him, but we feel this is the right thing for our family. All the articles we read about sleep training says it doesn't matter what method you use just be consistent. (Still trying to convince myself we are doing the right thing) So day one down hopefully not many more to go!
6 comments:
Annie don't worry you aren't traumatizing him! We have done that with Boston for a while now and he is such a great sleeper (except when he is teething... like right now!). Just give him that much more attention during the day so that you don't feel guilty and so he knows that he will get plenty of attention AT THE RIGHT TIMES... lol listen to me, with my one child, giving you parenting advice :)
So hard! But just think, he'll start sleeping through the night and you'll get a few more months of sleep before B3. You can do it!
We did it too! After three nights it was smooth sailing!! Good luck!
Oh Annie. I hate that too. These second children are killers. We had to do the same with Evan. And he was the same personality...the more he cries...the more he gets worked up. It only took him 2-3 nights before he got the hang of sleeping through the night. Although, he still wakes up at 11:15 every night for a drink of water.
Stay strong! You can do it! And just think you are helping him and his future wife in the long run by creating great sleeping habits.
I am not sure why you didn't listen to me about two years ago. Did you learn your lesson?
I look forward to any question you may have about the rearing of your children.
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