Wednesday Night- Can We Have A Do-Over?
Oops...miscommunication and a summer schedule not conducive to
sleep training leads to the baby being put down to sleep at 7:00 without
his real bedtime routine and without a good plan as what to do next.
5, 10, 15 min. check ins.....crying, crying, more crying.
Now
here's the thing...The Sleepeasy Solution says that if the baby is "
calming, crying intermittently, or whining" to stop the check-ins and
only start them again if he starts to cry hard.
So, that is where
you currently find me Reader...listening to my son cry on and off...not
sure whether I should do a check-in and cause perhaps harder
crying...or if this is "intermittent" at all? It's been going on for 40 min. Instead of cleaning (my escape last night) I am writing.
And I hate it.
So far I have not seen the lovely pay off
of any of this. My baby was upset most of the day and we parents are
trying to do-it-all-right but feel like we are doing-it-all-wrong. Right
at this moment I have no idea what to do. I know if I go in and pick him up I
will lose all the "hard work" we have already done and yet that
is.all.i.want.to.do.
I want my son to trust me, to know I am always
there, to not be sad or frustrated or crying for...well over an hour
now. Right now it feels like all he is learning is that when I walk out
of the room I won't come back. that he is alone. worse. that he is on his own.
How long do I let this go on? And as I type that silence. Thank you, God.
Well over an hour and not at the correct bedtime but our Love is asleep.
Now, in all this I have the added joy of waking up Noah when he IS asleep to nurse him. This will decrease on a weaning schedule (set out by The Sleepeasy Solution) over the next few days. Several times a night I have to actually wake the poor boy up after he has worked so hard to fall asleep to nurse him for a few moments. I just did this...and as I laid him back in his pack and play his eyes popped open and he began to protest. His little hand grabbed mine. His grip tightened.
And I pulled away.
Why on Earth am I doing this?
Maybe I'll remember in the morning.
(5th in a series)
Oh my gosh, how I love reading this journey! The first time I tried something like this, I was torn to pieces! I remember thinking that when we cry out to God, he is faithful to answer us. and so I had peace about answering her "its time for sleeping, I will see you in the morning" and letting that be it. So difficult, but I was at peace with l letting her come to terms with the answer.
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