So now I can't lose. I will prevail. I am so serious about this shit that I read a book about it. So the new and improved sleep program started tonight. Bedtime routine starts at 8 and he is in bed by 8:30. Tonight he cried for about 20 minutes. I went in every 10 and checked on him and told him he was fine. Falling asleep itself hasn't been the big challenge though, it's the staying asleep in the night. But the premise is that if he can learn to fall asleep by himself without any vibratey thing-a-ma-jigs or holograms on the wall that when he wakes up in the night he will also fall back to sleep by himself.
So it's on mother fuckers. It is so on. The first night that I get 8 hours of sleep in a row, I will do a cartwheel and post a video of it on here. (This is a lie. I am far too old and heavy to do a cartwheel. I have delicate wrists.) But perhaps I will celebrate with my own vibratey thing-a-ma-jig. (Which I will not post a video of because that would be pornography.)
I feel as though I sometimes cross a little too far over the line. But that's why you
You are on a mission! Good luck...
ReplyDeleteLove the fact that I am not the only one doing this. Last night Jack decided to go down at 8:30p, woke up to eat at 10pm (usually his bedtime...bad mom) and then slept through until I got up at 5am. But because I am so not used to him sleeping through, I woke up a few times and thought 'OMG he's sleeping!' 'OMG I think he is going to sleep all the way through the night!'....sigh...kind of defeats the purpose.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! Your milk must taste better than mine because Maggie will go 12 hours without a taste of the nectar. She does fight going to sleep often though so I'm hoping you'll have great advice for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, that's one of the reasons we love you!
Don't worry, your not alone. My boy did the same thing around 5, or was it 6, or maybe 7 months. Anyway, he was waking like 3 times or more a night to make sure my nipples would sag just a little lower each day. I was like, hell no. So finally (on a weekend) hubs and I changed the game. Hubs when in his room when he woke and just gave him the paci and left. It was hard, but once he realized he wasn't getting the goods he stopped waking up. Or at least, he stopped crying out if he did wake up. But unfortunatley, around 9 months they go through another separation thing and start waking up again, at least mine did. But that only lasted a week or so.....hang in there!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for the outcome of this one! And I'm pretty sure you got 8 solid hours of mountain sleep coming your way.
ReplyDeleteYou are fighting the good fight!
ReplyDeleteAnd delicate wrists and lovehandles are no excuse to deprive us of a cartwheel video. Make it happen.