8:45
2:30
3:10
4:30
5:10 ( – Present)
This is a list of the times I was woken up last night. And this isn’t an unusual list.
It doesn’t matter if she is teething, sick, or feeling perfectly fine. It doesn’t matter if she wore herself out the day before or stayed relatively calm.
I’ve tried everything.
Changing her bedtime.
Changing her dinnertime.
Adjusting what she eats for dinner.
Increasing water intake during the day.
Keeping her in bed with me.
Putting her in her own crib.
Increasing the temperature of the room.
Decreasing the temperature of the room.
Adjusting the humidity of the room.
Adjusting the amount of ambient light in the room.
Comforting her when she wakes by nursing.
Comforting her when she wakes with just patting her back.
Sometimes offering her a drink when she wakes up.
Sleeping on the couch so she has the room to herself.
Letting her cry it out.
When she wakes up she SCREAMS. Standing in her crib and staring at me from over the bars. There are nights when all I have to do is lay her back down and put her blanket on it and she goes back to sleep. Sometimes it’s a drink of water that satiates her. Other nights she refuses everything and cries non-stop until I pick her up and put a nipple in her mouth.
I have read blogs and talked to other parents. I have conferred with “infant sleep specialists”. I am so exhausted I could simultaneously lose my keys, start a fight, and laugh hysterically.
Sleep deprivation and the sound of crying babies are used for torture.
Help.
If you are a follower of this blog and have some sort of idea that hasn’t already been tried without success, let me know.
Rox… any liberal or uptight friends or family will hate me for this response, but… whatever. Let your Avery sleep with you, in your bed. The USA is the only country in the world that has a problem with that. It’s your business, no one else’s… unless they want to come sleep at your house. This issue won’t last too long, and Avery won’t be in your bed forever, but that’s what her little spirit needs right now. I’ve been there, with two babies at once. Problem solved. Love you both!