Sleep is on its way....???
I HOPE!!
Last night was my first official night of sleep training with Steven. I've started this before, but have never been consistent for an entire night. Surprisingly my failures those other times were not due to needing to meet Steven's emotional or tummy needs, but rather, getting him to sleep the fastest way I knew how 'cause I was just too tired to try anymore.
I decided yesterday that there just couldn't be anymore excuses on my part. It was time to go cold turkey on the nighttime feedings, time to let him fuss in his crib (with me there...all CIO alone did was create a clingy baby for me) and do it until it works. Well, he went down to bed around 7:30. At 8:45 he woke up...right after Nathan dished me up ice cream. Because all I could think about was my melting ice cream as I set next the to the crib while Steven fussed I gave in and nursed him back to sleep and then went downstairs to enjoy my delicious ice cream (no regrets there). I determined the rest of the night would be different - and it was!
He woke up probably three more times before 4:15 - each time only fussing for maybe 5 minutes before falling asleep again, and never really all out crying like had happened before when we'd tried CIO. Then at 4:15 nothing would get him back to sleep. He kept throwing out his binky, kept rolling over and trying to get up, kept sticking his arms and legs through the crib slats, and he was pretty loud about not wanting to sleep too. At 5:05, after dealing with this for almost an hour, I decided to nurse him. Instantly he was back to sleep and I was back in bed. At first I was dissapointed in myself, but then I thought, never in his entire life has he gone over 8 hours without eating - that is HUGE! He then slept until 7am - a 3 hour stretch! I am one proud mama!!
I am so relieved that the first night went so well. I was expecting NO sleep, and it really worked out to be about the same as I've been getting in previous nights when I was nursing him back to sleep everytime, and actually, I think I got more sleep than I did on previous nights. The Lord really blessed me last night. I prayed before I went to bed that I would have patience and strength, that I wouldn't give in so easily and He totally met me in all those ways. Praise the Lord!
I'm actually excited about the next few nights now, instead of being scared to death of them. Yep, I think sleep is coming!
Last night was my first official night of sleep training with Steven. I've started this before, but have never been consistent for an entire night. Surprisingly my failures those other times were not due to needing to meet Steven's emotional or tummy needs, but rather, getting him to sleep the fastest way I knew how 'cause I was just too tired to try anymore.
I decided yesterday that there just couldn't be anymore excuses on my part. It was time to go cold turkey on the nighttime feedings, time to let him fuss in his crib (with me there...all CIO alone did was create a clingy baby for me) and do it until it works. Well, he went down to bed around 7:30. At 8:45 he woke up...right after Nathan dished me up ice cream. Because all I could think about was my melting ice cream as I set next the to the crib while Steven fussed I gave in and nursed him back to sleep and then went downstairs to enjoy my delicious ice cream (no regrets there). I determined the rest of the night would be different - and it was!
He woke up probably three more times before 4:15 - each time only fussing for maybe 5 minutes before falling asleep again, and never really all out crying like had happened before when we'd tried CIO. Then at 4:15 nothing would get him back to sleep. He kept throwing out his binky, kept rolling over and trying to get up, kept sticking his arms and legs through the crib slats, and he was pretty loud about not wanting to sleep too. At 5:05, after dealing with this for almost an hour, I decided to nurse him. Instantly he was back to sleep and I was back in bed. At first I was dissapointed in myself, but then I thought, never in his entire life has he gone over 8 hours without eating - that is HUGE! He then slept until 7am - a 3 hour stretch! I am one proud mama!!
I am so relieved that the first night went so well. I was expecting NO sleep, and it really worked out to be about the same as I've been getting in previous nights when I was nursing him back to sleep everytime, and actually, I think I got more sleep than I did on previous nights. The Lord really blessed me last night. I prayed before I went to bed that I would have patience and strength, that I wouldn't give in so easily and He totally met me in all those ways. Praise the Lord!
I'm actually excited about the next few nights now, instead of being scared to death of them. Yep, I think sleep is coming!
Awesome! Way to go! Be strong. Praying for you!
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