It's our party...and we're all going to be crying. :(
Well, I was unsure about crying it out yesterday. However, after a night of feedings every three hours and a fussy girl who wouldn't let me rock her to sleep, and being the only one getting up with her (I'm off of work, Brian's not), we've decided (I've decided) to try the cry it out method with her. I am very sad about this and will miss cuddling with her, BUT I will really appreciate my sleep and I think it will help her out. I don't think she's getting enough to eat right now (I need to take Fenugreek regularly period), so that will make the night interesting. I think we are planning to let her cry if she wakes up after only three hours, but will feed her after 6 hours. :/ Lets see how that goes. I'll feel like I'm starving her. They say you can offer water instead of milk, and if they aren't genuinely hungry they'll stop waking up after a couple of times.
Ugh...this isn't going to be fun at all.
We let her cry earlier for her evening nap and she cried good and long. Brian left at one point and had a particularly rough time with it. I hate hearing her cry, but then I think of last night and how frustrated I got and how I was feeling angry--and I don't want to feel that way towards her when I've taught her these habits. Time to teach her new ones. I just wish it was easier.
By the way--she did fall asleep earlier after crying for a LONG time. Buuuuut...she woke up about 15 minutes later. :/ We're going to get a nighttime routine started tonight and give it another go. She'll learn. I have faith. This will be okay! Right?
Anyone else do this? Did you do it for all of their naps too? We are planning to rock her and put her in her crib nearly asleep...hopefully she'll just pass out.
I think once you start to do it, you should do it for all sleeping--not just at night. I think the consistency will help her to more quickly realize what she needs to do at sleep times. I fought doing "cry it out" and tried the no-cry solutions, but I had NO LUCK AT ALL with those and we were up all night. We're actually going through this AGAIN with Audrey (I think she got used to us running in there every time she peeped when she was sick a few weeks ago.)
ReplyDeleteIf you can, try to do something that will block out her crying to help kill some of the time--turn off the monitor for a few mintues, take a shower, listen to some music... I know the crying just works on my NERVES and I just need a break from hearing it sometimes!
YOU CAN DO IT!! IT WILL BE OK!!!