I love my toes. They are so tasty.One of his favorite sounds. This is how he lets me know he's done eating, even when nursing. And this is how he shows his displeasure with whatever is bugging him at the moment. In case you're wondering he does it a lot.
At the moment Isaac is screaming his head off in his room. He has been doing so for 30 minutes now. He'll seem to calm down then just work himself up some more. We are training him to sleep completely unbundled. I've gone back and forth with this decision for the past month. Part of me really wants to because I feel like it's a milestone he needs to get behind him. Part of me just wants to bundle him because he finally has gotten to the point that he goes down easily for naps and bedtime.
As I said I've been vacillating the past few weeks. I'll try a nap unbundled occasionally but when he falls asleep and sleeps for less time than he cries falling asleep I lose my nerve and go with the path of least resistance. Well I've decided to suck it up and endure this excruciating screaming and painfully short naps (literally 15 minutes) because it is time. The past few nights Isaac has been kicking entirely out of his swaddle in the middle of the night. He then wakes up and can't fall back asleep. I have to go in and re-swaddle him and then since I'm there he wants to nurse. He's not really hungry because he only comfort nurses and then he falls back asleep. No big deal right. Wrong. He's out of his bundle again a few hours later and I have to repeat the process all over again. Not the worst thing in the world but since he's been consistently sleeping through the night for months now, not needing to nurse I just feel like he is regressing.
So here I am typing and Isaac is screaming (nearly 40 minutes now). Please sent prayers, happy thoughts my way because this week is going to be horrible! Isaac and I had a conversation about this process this morning. It's going to be a miserable sleep deprived week but it has to happen. It's going to work right? I'm not going to have to be swaddling my son until he goes off to college right? Reassure me please! (finally asleep or quiet after 45 minutes of screaming)
3 comments:
I think crying it out is a trail for both parties. Hopefully the time will get shorter and shorter. Keep at it and try not be discourage - YOU CAN DO IT!
Ugh. I can totally feel your pain. He sure keeps ya on your toes, doesn't he? Just means he's gonna be a great kid, once he learns to talk.
You won't have to swaddle him until he's 45, or even until he's 4 or 5. He WILL grow out of it.
Are you guys against co-sleeping? I'm convinced that's what king size beds were created for, lol.
We totally had to do the same thing with Summer. Those first few days of sleep training are super hard, but it gets better. He'll get the hang of it and you'll feel well rested once again :)
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