Sleeping Through the Night
Before Hannah was born, Jennifer lent me the book, "Sleeping Through the Night." Reading this book was one of the things left on my to do list when Hannah came 5 weeks early. After muddling through the first few weeks of parenting, the sleep thing seemed to be going well, and by 10 weeks, Hannah was sleeping 10+ hours straight. "Who needs to read a sleep book?" A lot of nights, I would just go and set her down and she would fall asleep. I thought, "It's not supposed to be this easy, is it?" Josh and I would laugh at how easy it was. I would literally set her down wide awake and not hear from her until a decent hour the next morning. At some point, she started falling asleep in my arms and I would just go lay her down. Also, no big deal. She was still sleeping 10 hours. Recently, she has started fighting sleep and we really have to rock her or encourage her to fall asleep. We will try to lay her down and she will wake back up and then we have to start all over again. Or, we will get her down and she will wake up crying half an hour later because we are no longer holding her. It's getting to the point of frustration, so I broke down and am reading the book. It definitely encourages the "cry it out" method. I was totally put off by this thought in the beginning but am about willing to give it a try. Although, there is still a voice in my head that says if it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. I don't want to see my baby "suffer" as Josh would say, but I also want to end these frustrating nights and have some time with my husband. The book promises that by the third night, things will be getting better. Has anyone tried this? I am really considering it but would appreciate any comments or advice.
Before Hannah was born, Jennifer lent me the book, "Sleeping Through the Night." Reading this book was one of the things left on my to do list when Hannah came 5 weeks early. After muddling through the first few weeks of parenting, the sleep thing seemed to be going well, and by 10 weeks, Hannah was sleeping 10+ hours straight. "Who needs to read a sleep book?" A lot of nights, I would just go and set her down and she would fall asleep. I thought, "It's not supposed to be this easy, is it?" Josh and I would laugh at how easy it was. I would literally set her down wide awake and not hear from her until a decent hour the next morning. At some point, she started falling asleep in my arms and I would just go lay her down. Also, no big deal. She was still sleeping 10 hours. Recently, she has started fighting sleep and we really have to rock her or encourage her to fall asleep. We will try to lay her down and she will wake back up and then we have to start all over again. Or, we will get her down and she will wake up crying half an hour later because we are no longer holding her. It's getting to the point of frustration, so I broke down and am reading the book. It definitely encourages the "cry it out" method. I was totally put off by this thought in the beginning but am about willing to give it a try. Although, there is still a voice in my head that says if it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. I don't want to see my baby "suffer" as Josh would say, but I also want to end these frustrating nights and have some time with my husband. The book promises that by the third night, things will be getting better. Has anyone tried this? I am really considering it but would appreciate any comments or advice.
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LOVE the pics! What an adorable outfit... She's a doll!
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