so, here's the update ... while i was typing that post she was in fact "crying it out". luckily her various cries are quite distinct, and she was doing the "oh please oh please don't fall asleep!" cry. you know, just fighting it. and it was less than 10 minutes and she slept fine through the night. tonight, same thing, only less than 5 minutes.
and she still gets her paci for a while. i think she's getting to the point where she'll be ready to toss 'em. i love love love elizabeth's idea of the paci fairy!! that's a gem there! def. doing that one.
and taylor hit it spot on with the "baby gwen" thing. the 2nd is so ... little. vulnerable. in need of motherly protection (from the first. HA!) we keep them babies longer. (um, or is this just me talking...) gwen can take it. the woman is almost nursery age for heaven's sakes!!
so what we do is regular bedtime routine (wash faces, feet, hands, teeth, songs and prayers as family, and family night-night kisses), and then after i rock her and sing to her (see, i didn't take the rocking out completely, just the unnecessary, gwen pointing out every item in the room, removing and replacing my glasses over and over again, banging her head into my chest, and kissing-me-incessantly-whilst-spitting-her-paci-into-my-elbow-pit rocking. which i admit, i liked. that's why it's lasted SO looooooong.) ok, so rocking while singing. stand and pray by crib, give her her teddy bear and say, "love you. night night!" then more kisses and i lay her down. bodda bing, bodda boom. DONE!!
i think if she was crying a ton i would be chickening out on this one. or if i had an incredibly stressful day and needed the cuddles (oh wait... i did.) ok ok, doing what's best for the child... she's not my stress-relief squeeze ball, right. or is she?
8 comments:
Isn't it SO nice when you are able to see positive results right away?!?! GOOD JOB STEF!! I definitely think these things are the hardest on the moms!
Good job Stef!
Great work Stef! I love how you kept the rocking, just not until she fell asleep! Keeping things almost the same has to help with the transition for her. I have to agree that the second is much more reliant on mom than the first. My Lilly is a mama's girl, when Adelle is a daddy's girl. I love the dynamic between the two different personalities of my girls! Being a mom is hard, but so much fun!
We had to break down and let Abbie cry it out too. And it worked! She went from waking 3 times a night to sleeping though the night. She's been STTN for a whole week now! Hallelujah!
way to go Stef! I agree on the second shild thing. I've kept Conner in his crib WAY longer than I did Kaily, and I baby him more.
glad you guys figured it out! :)
Yay! Sorry I missed out on the previous post but glad to hear you're getting results!
I feel so special. My name has appeared in your blog. hehehe
I'm so glad the sleeping thing is working out for you. I've learned a lot from you blog and I love it. Thanks so much for sharing your family with ours.
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