So last night was once again another rough night for Little miss Bear…
At one point she was nursed back to sleep (something that will be stopping soon) and placed in the crib, only to wake up 10 minutes later whining and moaning.
We left her there… I feel like a horrible parent, but her sounds never really escalated to anything more than a slight whine and moan… She fell asleep 15 minutes later after having her “conversation” with the wall or ceiling or curtains… She slept for four hours.
She woke up again at about 5:30am and once again I did the horrible and nursed her back to sleep…. she slept another hour and a half.
I am currently reading the Sleepeasy solution, recommended by my cousin…
I am not a fan of crying it out in the least, but I am at my wits end… and she hasn’t really cried at all… she just moans and whines… only to be escalated to a cry if we pick her up!
I am a very confused parent and I just want the girl who was sleeping 9-10 hours straight and then happy during the day.
Meanwhile… she had a nice little hissy fit this morning when she was getting tired and so we walked and walked and she screamed and screamed and then I put her in her crib with a pacifier and her waterfall soother (which doesn’t last very long) and she stared at it in silence… next thing I know, she is sucking on the pacifier and sleeping… the soother shut off.
If she doesn’t need me to fall asleep, why do Michael and I keep getting up in the middle of the night?!
On a side note… She laughed and giggled yesterday while watching my rings glisten… how cute!
the balancing act of nurturing our precious babies and allowing them to be somewhat independent is so hard for me too! annabelle protests when i lay her to sleep on my chest. instead, she will fall asleep in my arms in about 3 minutes, at which point i can lay her down in the bassinet at night. this is great because i don't have to suffer back pain and light sleeping at night, but on the other hand i am so sad that she doesn't want to cuddle anymore! why oh why is this so hard?! same thing with the swing and bouncy seat. sometimes she just wants to go in them. i will carry her around and she will whine until i place her in her "mechanical mom". i am happy because i can get stuff done this way, but so sad because i want her to need me too!
i guess farrah just likes her soother….but she definitely loves her mommy…get some sleep!
We have started doing this same with our little munchkin. In the past week we have been (or more like I because Matt usually doesn't wake up) letting Kane cry when he wakes up at night. But… we have been sleeping better at night. No longer do we eat at night, unless we didn't eat well before falling asleep or it's after 5am. Things have been going better none the less. We have to hang out soon.