Hey all, we were talking over the whole turning off the internet thing and decided not to . . .hehehe so I'll still be updating this thing every now and again.
Funny how the internet has become such a big part of my life. At least this way I can feel close to friends and family that are far away. Love to everyone!!
PS I want to hear all the sleep advice from you parents. Don't get me wrong Garrett is great. He usually goes down by 7:00 all by himself, but he wakes up for a bottle 2-3 times a night still. It seems like he could be pushed a little bit more for mommy's sake. Any thoughts . . .
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Shiloh I hear you. My little tike is/was the same way. I can't listen to Chaser's cry at all and so Nathan went to take Chasers to his 9 month check up and the doctor told us that we can only feed him at 8pm(and we feed him 9 to 10 oz.)then again at 7am. Instead of the bottle I would just give him the paci. He is doing much better, he only gets up once a night now and jabbers for about a minute then goes back to sleep. Since I couldn't do the crying out thing I just substituted the paci and didn't pick him up just gave him his comfort teddy and rubbed his back. I don't know if that will help at all, but that is what we did. It was nice having Nathan hear it so we were on the same page, that was probably the hardest for us was getting on the same page on what to do. Goodluck I hope you are doing well.
Wow he is getting sooo big! Its fun to see what you guys are up to! If it were my child I would just go in and pat his back give him some comfort and go back to bed-but don't pick him up, keep the lights off, and I try not to talk. I read somewhere that if we got up in the middle of the night we would be hungry too, but we don't need to eat-same with older babies. All you have to do is get him to go back to sleep, and he'll be fine-harder said than done. And if that doesn't work, then I would say let him cry it out... it'll only take a couple days or less probably. Good luck!
Dido to what Jessica said. Just get him to go back to sleep. Don't pick him up though or turn on the lights. Gently sooth him for a minute and leave the room. He will soon get the idea that nighttime is sleeptime. He is such a cutie!!!
I third what other people have said - it's hard to hear them cry, but think of it this way - you're teaching him how to sleep through the night, and how to self-soothe back to sleep. You're not being a bad mom (in my opinion) if you let him cry for a bit. Rachel still wakes up once or twice a night, but I just check to make sure she's ok, and let her cry until she falls back asleep. The rule in our house is no bottle until after 6am or so, whenever she wakes up. (Although I do occasionally break it if she's really screaming her head off, you can't be drill-sergeant about it). You're the mom, it's your job to do things sometimes that your child doesn't understand or like, but that you know is for his greater good. I had to really learn that too. That's my two cents. :)
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