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Showing posts with label sleep training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleep training. Show all posts
Friday, August 26, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
quick update and HOPPY EASTER!!!
It's been awhile since I've done a "real" post vs. the kind where I just throw a picture up (not literally throw up... gross) or suggest a link, etc.
What's been happening?
Well... one of my very bestest friends is moving away, to Hawaii, and I'm glad for her, but sad for me. I am trying not to dwell on it since we will, of course, be in touch all of the time... but we won't ever get to hang out unless one of us spends a lot of $$ and a lot of time to get to the other's house. Chances are it will be ME flying to see HER in Hawaii because, well, duh!
JackJack sprouted his two bottom, front teeth. He was crabby for one day and that was it. I hope that's how it will always be while teething. Man, teething must SUCK. I'm glad I don't remember it. It also sucks for the parents b/c the kid is crabby everytime some new teeth decide to sprout... and in totally it takes like what? 3 years to get all of your baby teeth? Ugh.
JackJack is doing SO WELL at sleeping "through the night" and I say "through the night" in quotations because it's not MY DEFINITION of "through the night." Jack's "through the night"is 6:30 p.m. until 3:30 or 4:00 a.m., a bottle, then back to sleep until 6:30 or 7:00 a.m. Yeah... so not cool. So last night I actually started phase 2 of sleep training in that I didn't go in to get him at 3:45 a.m. He fussed for about an hour and then woke up at 5:45 a.m. which is when I went in and gave him a bottle. I'm not sure if he would have gone back to sleep if I tried b/c Greyson was up and making a bunch of noise, etc. so Jack got stimulated and so on...
Greyson was asked to be in a wedding. My husband's niece, which is now my niece, is getting married in August and asked Greyson to be in it. HOW CUTE! I can't wait... it's going to be adorable and I will FOR SHIZ post pictures. I sorta nominated Jack to be in it too... but that part is still up in the air.
Greyson did SO WELL with the Easter Bunny this year. He is SUPER into hunting for Easter Eggs too... very cute to watch. I was worried about the picture b/c he pretty much hated Santa this past round, so I thought we might have a repeat performance. This time, however, I prepped him by showing him last year's picture where Greyson was fine. We also saw the EB at the grocery store that same morning and I was able to slowly introduce G to the EB. All in all, a successful "visit."
Here's proof:
Jack did well too, except he didn't really know what the hell was going on... so it wasn't that much effort on his part. Happy Easter all!
What's been happening?
Well... one of my very bestest friends is moving away, to Hawaii, and I'm glad for her, but sad for me. I am trying not to dwell on it since we will, of course, be in touch all of the time... but we won't ever get to hang out unless one of us spends a lot of $$ and a lot of time to get to the other's house. Chances are it will be ME flying to see HER in Hawaii because, well, duh!
JackJack sprouted his two bottom, front teeth. He was crabby for one day and that was it. I hope that's how it will always be while teething. Man, teething must SUCK. I'm glad I don't remember it. It also sucks for the parents b/c the kid is crabby everytime some new teeth decide to sprout... and in totally it takes like what? 3 years to get all of your baby teeth? Ugh.
JackJack is doing SO WELL at sleeping "through the night" and I say "through the night" in quotations because it's not MY DEFINITION of "through the night." Jack's "through the night"is 6:30 p.m. until 3:30 or 4:00 a.m., a bottle, then back to sleep until 6:30 or 7:00 a.m. Yeah... so not cool. So last night I actually started phase 2 of sleep training in that I didn't go in to get him at 3:45 a.m. He fussed for about an hour and then woke up at 5:45 a.m. which is when I went in and gave him a bottle. I'm not sure if he would have gone back to sleep if I tried b/c Greyson was up and making a bunch of noise, etc. so Jack got stimulated and so on...
Greyson was asked to be in a wedding. My husband's niece, which is now my niece, is getting married in August and asked Greyson to be in it. HOW CUTE! I can't wait... it's going to be adorable and I will FOR SHIZ post pictures. I sorta nominated Jack to be in it too... but that part is still up in the air.
Greyson did SO WELL with the Easter Bunny this year. He is SUPER into hunting for Easter Eggs too... very cute to watch. I was worried about the picture b/c he pretty much hated Santa this past round, so I thought we might have a repeat performance. This time, however, I prepped him by showing him last year's picture where Greyson was fine. We also saw the EB at the grocery store that same morning and I was able to slowly introduce G to the EB. All in all, a successful "visit."
Here's proof:
Jack did well too, except he didn't really know what the hell was going on... so it wasn't that much effort on his part. Happy Easter all!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Have you guys heard of this site? I am sure you have. I can totally spend hours looking through all of the cool stuff. AND... as you are searching through your daily blog roll, you can "pin" stuff up to your own boards for inspiration or good ideas or what not. I have just started pinning stuff, but you can follow me here. Just a quickie update on the sleep training. I think the "training" part is done. Little dude is doing well. We just have some fine tuning and minor adjustments to make, but this is all fluid anyway b/c he is growing so fast. Thanks for checking in!
Friday, April 1, 2011
I'm obsessed... ST updates night 9, 10, &11
I have turned into THAT person. That person who is fixated on one thing and can't let go if it. My thing right now is SLEEP. Yes. SLEEP. That thing that so many of you take for granted. Something that I can't seem to get enough of these days. So, YES, I am obsessed right now and I apologize that it is monopolizing my blog for the time being. Night #9 bed at 6:30 ish, woke at 2 ish, cried for about 6 mintues, went back to sleep, woke at 4 ish, I fed him and he went back to sleep. Woke up at 7 ish. Night #10 bed at 6:45 or 7 ish ( a huge development in the daycare "allowing" him to nap in the afternoon- will tell that tale in a minute), woke at 3 ish, fed him, went back to sleep. Woke up at 5 ish. Night #11 bed at 6:45, slept until 4:45, I fed him, back to sleep, up at 6 ish. THIS I can handle. I truly believe if I can get him to go to bed later he will sleep until 5 or 6. PROGRESS!!!!! The daycare "thing." So I find out that they have been "keeping him awake" in the afternoon because they didn't want to make me mad that he was sleeping too much (thinking he wouldn't sleep for me at home). WHAT? I have been expressing my frustration about him going to bed so early for weeks now... and they are JUST NOW picking up on this? Aggghh.... so finally on Tuesday I gave them permission to "let him sleep... PUHLEEEEEEZE!" And they did and that's why I was able to get him to stay up later on Wednesday. Plus... he was super happy and playful when we got home so I LOVED that part too. Usually he was tired and crabby because HE WAS TIRED.... duuuuuuuuuuuuuuh. Ahhh...so... progress all around. And just to make things sweeter... here is a pic. 
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.
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