Wednesday, December 16, 2009

I hear you, My daughter is going to be 2 tomorrow and she still wakes up around once a night. I didn't have too hard of a time getting my daughter to sleep through the night, she started at 2 months, but then somehow she ended up getting night terrors down the road. I'm not sure if that's still what's waking her, but when she gets up, I make sure she hasn't wet through anything, that she has some water in her sippy cup and she has her babies to sleep with. If she's still not happy I take the time to rock her for a while. I set her down and either she sleeps or she'll cry some more. At that point, I let her cry because I don't want her to grow up too dependent. I used to rock her to sleep every night, but then as she got older I decided to ween her off that kind of like I did with the bottle. I wanted her to be able to fall asleep by herself. Not to mention I would sometimes fall asleep with her in the rocking chair, lol.

Most nights it goes well, some nights things just don't work. But on those nights that just aren't working, I let her come into bed with my husband and I. Like she said, they don't stay young long and I'm going to soak up every minute I can ^_^

Saturday, December 12, 2009

I can appreciate your thoughts, as we have a 5 month old that we are wondering "where to go from this point on" with. We had him in the America's Co-sleeper from 0-4 months, and he still goes in it every now and then....but! He still wakes up every 2-4x a night and wants to be close to the chi chi (that is what we call my breasts' for nursing)When he wakes up, he will want to only settle down right next to the chi chi and we have tried to attempt to do the Ferber method, and that was way to early...it just did not feel natural after hearing his cry turn more into ..." I feel scarred and mommy where are YOU?". So we are back to him either being placed down in the co-sleeper or co-sleeping with mama. In which my husband and I have a full bed and well ....3's a crowd, so he ends up sleeping at times in the computer room! Ahh the joys of parenting, but at the end of the day...I have to keep reminding myself that he will only be a baby for seconds in my life and these are the sacrafices that I will make in order to have a secure child grow to be an independant adult...at least...that's what were aiming for! This is after reading from the APA Book to Dr. Sears, in which my motherly instinct was driven towards Dr. Sears, and my mind was driven to the APA Book as far as the Ferber method, but then I realized...I must go with my instinct...keeping him close to my breast until he is ready to wean, everything in moderation is how I am going to go about it. Good Luck to us all I say!! This is where a great husband comes in, if there is one. And I am blessed that I have one that can take the reins in other areas of his development so I can rest and not go insane. ...Yeah I second that motion to the "sleep lile a baby...." yeah right, I may co-sleep and nurse him all the time..but hey I am human and that doesn't mean I can't vent every once and awhile!

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