Resolutions
Oh these are never fun... but... here are mine:
1. Stop slouching! After Violet was born, I realized that she was all that was holding me up.
2. Have family prayer. Because Brind goes to bed before me, we rarely get to pray together.
3. Get Violet on a schedule. The nights of staying up to 2, 3, 4 in the morning (and many times, beyond that) is wearing my sanity quite thin. Brind said this morning, "So Violet was really screaming last night."
Me: "(Sigh) Yeah..."
Brind: "Did I hear YOU scream?"
Me: "(Sigh) Yeah..."
Good luck everyone!
Julia :)
posted by Brind+Julia @ 11:47 PM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
Oh Julia, you've got to get some sleep. Just lay that sweet baby down and tell her you will be a much better mother if you get to sleep all night and walk away. It helped me to check some books out from the library about getting babies to sleep through the night, there are some really good ones out there. Now would be a good time to give you some titles, but I can't remember any off the top of my head. I can look into it more if you want me to.
Mindi, I couldn't agree more. I did read up on one that was called On Being Babywise, giving your child the gift of nighttime sleep. And it really did have some good ideas like not nursing RIGHT before nap/bedtime so they don't need nursing to sleep. That made a big difference.
And my sweet Ellynn called today and told me the routine they did with Finners to get him on a schedule. (Crying it out.) I feel like a horrible evil monster listening to her cry... but I know its what I need to do... :(
Do I let her cry 10 minutes... 20... an hour? How did you do it?
I'm trying to remember what I did with Sierra. I think I probably did the crying for 10, then pat on the back, then cry for 15, then pat, etc. But with Ruby I just wrapped her up tight, told her I'd be feeding her sometime after 6 a.m., said goodnight and closed the door. Three nights later she was sleeping through the night. Some times I hear her cry in the middle of the night and I'll go make sure she isn't poopy or holding on to the edge of the crib not knowing how to get down. But mostly I hear her and I roll over and go back to sleep knowing that she knows how to soothe herself. Sounds brutal, but she is still a healthy happy baby (except for right at this moment b/c I put her down so I could type).
I'm noticing the time of your last comment Julia. . . ouch. I honestly think the reason all our kids slept through the night so well after the first month or so was because I am such a sound sleeper. They really had to be serious to wake me.
Ask Alicia about the night the igloo fell in on them (dang those warm winds) I told them them they would be fine when they finally got me awake. Ellynn convinced me they wouldn't. I think Alicia would have gone along with it.
Oh Julia! I feel for ya! I used to have to nurse Eden to sleep and even then it wouldn't always work. It took hours to get her down. I have been letting her cry it out at night and now bed time isn't such a disaster. It still takes her 10 to 15 minutes each night of crying and then she goes for it. It feels like the longest 10 minutes ever. My mom is still not totally convinced it is a good idea. She says "you kids never cried yourselves to sleep!" Oh well. I am a much happier person now. And she is sleeping longer between feedings at night because of it. Good luck girl!
I can't say I'm an expert on this, because our apartments were always so small and the crying to sleep thing killed me (although I know it's the only way). "The Baby Whisperer" is a great book and written in a fun way; like the sassy British author is speaking directly to you. I have a hard time reading any self help/parenting books because they're so BORING! Anyway, it's a good one. Like Mindi, the patting on the back is a great way. Each night just wait a little longer (don't give in!!), and then after 3 nights, I'd just let her cry it out. I know, I know..it's hard.
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