Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sleep Training update... nights #5, 6, 7, 8
Night 4, 5 and 6 were awesome. He slept through the night and woke up anywhere between 4:45 a.m. to 6 a.m. Damn it... on night #7 he woke up at 1 a.m. screaming bloody murder. My first instinct was to NOT let him cry it out, so I fed him and he was happy until 4 a.m. Crap. Did I just ruin it by giving in at 1 a.m.? I think he caught me off guard. Here we go again. Night #8, he went to bed at about 6:30 (turns out I keep quoting that he goes to be at 6, when really that is when I give him his last bottle and he technically doesn't go to sleep until about 6:30 p.m.- I claim MOMMY BRAIN). This time he woke up at 2:55 a.m. I let him cry it out and that he did until 4 a.m. when I just fed him. Turns out he was wet too... not just a wet diaper, but his pj's and t-shirt were wet. Maybe THAT was part of the problem? I don't know but I feel like I'm screwed. Did I just teach him that if he cries for an hour he gets food? This time of night is so tricky b/c 4 a.m. is a reasonable time for him to want to eat... but 2:55 wasn't. Aggghhh... it's the gray line. I think what I REALLY need to do is get that kid to stay up later. Maybe what I will try is to let him sleep from like 5-6? Ugh... I don't know what to do.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Sleep Training Night #4
Well... there isn't anything new to report. Really.
Little dude went to bed about 6:15 p.m. He slept all night. He woke up at about 5 a.m. and this time was getting a little fussy, so I got him up and fed him.
I really hope this is the new normal.
I am trying really hard to move his bedtime to like 6:30 or 7 but the little dude INSISTS on going to sleep at 6. Maybe when he is a little older and is playing more, I can shift his schedule a bit. It seems a bit impossible now. And to be honest, Monday through Friday this schedule works well. I'm supposed to start work at 6 a.m. So if Greyson and Jack wake up at about 5-5:30... I can get them up and ready/fed and get them to daycare and be at work at a reasonable time. Kids this age can't distinguish between weekdays and weekends so it is what it is.
On the mornings that I have to leave the house early, I'd feel better if I didn't have to rip them out of bed to get going... so if they are up it makes it that much easier.
Little dude went to bed about 6:15 p.m. He slept all night. He woke up at about 5 a.m. and this time was getting a little fussy, so I got him up and fed him.
I really hope this is the new normal.
I am trying really hard to move his bedtime to like 6:30 or 7 but the little dude INSISTS on going to sleep at 6. Maybe when he is a little older and is playing more, I can shift his schedule a bit. It seems a bit impossible now. And to be honest, Monday through Friday this schedule works well. I'm supposed to start work at 6 a.m. So if Greyson and Jack wake up at about 5-5:30... I can get them up and ready/fed and get them to daycare and be at work at a reasonable time. Kids this age can't distinguish between weekdays and weekends so it is what it is.
On the mornings that I have to leave the house early, I'd feel better if I didn't have to rip them out of bed to get going... so if they are up it makes it that much easier.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sleep Training Night #3
Wow. Night #3 went dreamingly.
Dude went to bed at 6:15 p.m. (I am slowly trying to extend his bedtime).
Slept until 4:30 a.m. when he woke up talking/babbling... no fussing. fell back to sleep.
He woke up at 6 a.m. (still no fussing, probably would have fell back asleep) and I fed him.
I pray that this continues.
I think he IS mad at me, though, for not picking him up the previous two nights. He is usually very smily with me but last night and this morning he wouldn't smile for me. I am sad.
Dude went to bed at 6:15 p.m. (I am slowly trying to extend his bedtime).
Slept until 4:30 a.m. when he woke up talking/babbling... no fussing. fell back to sleep.
He woke up at 6 a.m. (still no fussing, probably would have fell back asleep) and I fed him.
I pray that this continues.
I think he IS mad at me, though, for not picking him up the previous two nights. He is usually very smily with me but last night and this morning he wouldn't smile for me. I am sad.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Sleep Training Night #2
A tad bit harder, but more of the same.
Little dude went to bed at about 6:15 p.m.
I heard a grunt here and there but nothing until 3:30 a.m.
I set the timer for 10 minutes. In that 10 minutes he fussed a lot and cried a little.
I went in after the 10 minutes to soothe him. I didn't pick him up... just went "shhhh" and stroked his little head. And gave him the binky. He spit it out in a minute or so. I left.
I set the timer for another 10 minutes. He fussed and cried some more. Mind you, in these past 20 minutes, it was NOT a constant cry... just a cry, then quiet, a fuss, some quiet... you get the idea. At the end of the 2nd 10 minutes he was crying a bit more so I went in again. Soothed him. He started wailing. I tried to calm him down and then left again.
I set the timer for another 10 minutes. He cried for about 5 minutes and then fell asleep.
I left for work at 6 a.m. and he was still asleep.
Again... never was he wailing out of control. I could tell his cries where more of a "test"... if he WERE wailing out of control I most likely would have picked him up to soothe him. This was not the case, so I continued with the plan.
It's hard to hear your baby boo cry but like I said, I could tell it was just a "testing" cry... him having a "hissy fit" (as a new friend/fellow mom/fellow blogger Jennifer said). I feel A LOT of guilt over making him cry... even for these few minutes at a time. I am doing it because I believe that HE will be happier because WE ALL will be happier with better sleep. I'm sure he feels better too.
The guilt would be less if I were able to actually feed him in the morning... to prove to him that mama WILL in fact come and feed you and hold you... but... I have to go to work and my husband gets the glory.
Just my luck.
Little dude went to bed at about 6:15 p.m.
I heard a grunt here and there but nothing until 3:30 a.m.
I set the timer for 10 minutes. In that 10 minutes he fussed a lot and cried a little.
I went in after the 10 minutes to soothe him. I didn't pick him up... just went "shhhh" and stroked his little head. And gave him the binky. He spit it out in a minute or so. I left.
I set the timer for another 10 minutes. He fussed and cried some more. Mind you, in these past 20 minutes, it was NOT a constant cry... just a cry, then quiet, a fuss, some quiet... you get the idea. At the end of the 2nd 10 minutes he was crying a bit more so I went in again. Soothed him. He started wailing. I tried to calm him down and then left again.
I set the timer for another 10 minutes. He cried for about 5 minutes and then fell asleep.
I left for work at 6 a.m. and he was still asleep.
Again... never was he wailing out of control. I could tell his cries where more of a "test"... if he WERE wailing out of control I most likely would have picked him up to soothe him. This was not the case, so I continued with the plan.
It's hard to hear your baby boo cry but like I said, I could tell it was just a "testing" cry... him having a "hissy fit" (as a new friend/fellow mom/fellow blogger Jennifer said). I feel A LOT of guilt over making him cry... even for these few minutes at a time. I am doing it because I believe that HE will be happier because WE ALL will be happier with better sleep. I'm sure he feels better too.
The guilt would be less if I were able to actually feed him in the morning... to prove to him that mama WILL in fact come and feed you and hold you... but... I have to go to work and my husband gets the glory.
Just my luck.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Sleep Training Night #1
I did a few things to prepare.
I put a humidifier in Greyson's room to act as a white noise machine. I didn't want his sleep too disrupted if at all possible.
I took some time to tell JackJack, during his last bottle, that tonight is the night he sleeps through the night like a "big boy." Poor kid, he's only 5 months old and I'm already using "you're a big boy now" with him. Anyway, I needed him to know that just because I wasn't coming in to soothe him at night didn't mean I didn't love him. He seemed to understand. I said it a few more times... obviously my guilt in overdrive here.
So... Jack went down at about 6:30 p.m. Before you judge me and how early he goes down let me tell you that HE CHOOSES his bedtime. I swear to you that I try to keep the kid awake... hoping for a 7 p.m. bedtime... but he doesn't make it quite yet. OK... so, he went to bed at about 6:30 p.m.
1st wake up at 11:50 p.m. I heard him start to fuss so I set my timer for 10 minutes. He never did anything more than fuss alot, so when the timer went off I set it for 10 minutes again. At the end of THAT 10 minutes he was crying so I went in, shooshed him a little, stroked his head a little... then he REALLY started to cry (as in to say "don't tease me bitch, pick me up or hit the bricks!")... so I popped his binky in his mouth (I am really trying not to use the binky b/c I don't want another binky addict in the house... but you have to choose your battles, right?) but he spit it out about 30 seconds later. I left the room. He cried for another 2 minutes maybe and then settled down a bit and then fell asleep. All in all that round went about 25 minutes.
2nd wake up at about 5:15 a.m. All I heard coming out of his room was some babbling... so I didn't go in there. This would have been an acceptable time for him to want to eat, since it was about 11 hours since he last ate... so I was willing to go in there and get him. However, since he wasn't crying... just "talking" I didn't. He was falling back to sleep or just resting until I left the house at 6 a.m. I instructed my husband that he is to feed him if he starts to fuss.
I felt a bit sad seeing the little dude in the monitor just hanging out in his crib this morning... wondering if he has given up hope that we will ever come in there to get him. Was he thinking "why even cry? they're not gonna come in here..." OMG... the shit I come up with in my head that makes me so sad....
That was it for night 1. Can you believe it? So far all of the things I have read say that it gets easier over time, so I hope that is true and that it doesn't get worse before it gets better at my house.
Stay tuned.
I put a humidifier in Greyson's room to act as a white noise machine. I didn't want his sleep too disrupted if at all possible.
I took some time to tell JackJack, during his last bottle, that tonight is the night he sleeps through the night like a "big boy." Poor kid, he's only 5 months old and I'm already using "you're a big boy now" with him. Anyway, I needed him to know that just because I wasn't coming in to soothe him at night didn't mean I didn't love him. He seemed to understand. I said it a few more times... obviously my guilt in overdrive here.
So... Jack went down at about 6:30 p.m. Before you judge me and how early he goes down let me tell you that HE CHOOSES his bedtime. I swear to you that I try to keep the kid awake... hoping for a 7 p.m. bedtime... but he doesn't make it quite yet. OK... so, he went to bed at about 6:30 p.m.
1st wake up at 11:50 p.m. I heard him start to fuss so I set my timer for 10 minutes. He never did anything more than fuss alot, so when the timer went off I set it for 10 minutes again. At the end of THAT 10 minutes he was crying so I went in, shooshed him a little, stroked his head a little... then he REALLY started to cry (as in to say "don't tease me bitch, pick me up or hit the bricks!")... so I popped his binky in his mouth (I am really trying not to use the binky b/c I don't want another binky addict in the house... but you have to choose your battles, right?) but he spit it out about 30 seconds later. I left the room. He cried for another 2 minutes maybe and then settled down a bit and then fell asleep. All in all that round went about 25 minutes.
2nd wake up at about 5:15 a.m. All I heard coming out of his room was some babbling... so I didn't go in there. This would have been an acceptable time for him to want to eat, since it was about 11 hours since he last ate... so I was willing to go in there and get him. However, since he wasn't crying... just "talking" I didn't. He was falling back to sleep or just resting until I left the house at 6 a.m. I instructed my husband that he is to feed him if he starts to fuss.
I felt a bit sad seeing the little dude in the monitor just hanging out in his crib this morning... wondering if he has given up hope that we will ever come in there to get him. Was he thinking "why even cry? they're not gonna come in here..." OMG... the shit I come up with in my head that makes me so sad....
That was it for night 1. Can you believe it? So far all of the things I have read say that it gets easier over time, so I hope that is true and that it doesn't get worse before it gets better at my house.
Stay tuned.
Monday, March 21, 2011
SLEEP TRAINing... your ticket to a better nights sleep...
Wish me luck. Operation "get baby to sleep through the whole night" is in full effect starting tonight. The orginal plan was to start Thursday night, but after last night (3 wakings) I can't wait to get the show on the road.
I have read a few blogs and am psyching myself up for the work... I pray that I can do it. No mama likes to hear their baby cry and I am no exception.
I can do this, I can do this, I can do this.
Jack can do this, Jack can do this, Jack can do this.
I will update in a few days with out progress.
I have read a few blogs and am psyching myself up for the work... I pray that I can do it. No mama likes to hear their baby cry and I am no exception.
I can do this, I can do this, I can do this.
Jack can do this, Jack can do this, Jack can do this.
I will update in a few days with out progress.
Friday, March 4, 2011
things I love right now.
I think I will start posting random "things that I love right now" here on my trusty little blog... in case YOU love them too. I am not getting any kickbacks from the vendors (I WISH!!!!)... this is just my opinion, etc.
Here's my first... it's "Paris" fabric. I have no clue what I would do with it. I just like it.
via http://www.pinkchalkfabrics.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_47_625&products_id=5725
ewwww... that's creeeeepy
So the story behind this picture is that I had a box of diapers that Jack had grown out of so I was bringing them to work to give to a friend that will soon have a new baby. The box has a picture of a baby on it. I put the box in the trunk of my MINIVAN not knowing the surprise I would get.
As I was pulling out of the parking lot, I look back as I am backing out and I see this baby staring at me through a hole in the backseat. OMG... it freaked me out for a split minute. I didn't quite think I left my child in the trunk, but for a few seconds there it definitely made me think about... WTF???
You may have to click on the image to enlarge to get what I mean.
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