Sleep training is my death. Okay, so I might not be giving
it "my all" but I am really trying to listen to our pediatrician and
let G-man cry it out at night now. One small problem, I have a 3 year old (how
weird is it saying that!) whom I would really like to keep asleep, and a screaming
baby at 1am, 3am, 4am, and 5am... is certainly testing that hope. I know my
pediatrician has kids, but telling me to "just let him learn to sooth
himself back to sleep" and "it will only be for a week or so"
does not help. Sure, do I want to listen to his advice...yes, but the idea of
having two overtired and grumpy kids all day is not my idea of fun. I am not
sure if my pediatrician's wife stays home with their kids but for the sake of
argument (yes, with myself) I am going to assume they have a nanny. So big deal
if they have all three of their kids awake throughout the night because they
are sleep training the baby, that is the nanny's problem all day. Well not over
here buddy. At our house Mommy gets the cranky, melting down, overtired
kids...and a very early cocktail hour each night.
So what is my solution you might ask? Well, I have just let
G-man scream enough that he is making himself hoarse (thus much quieter screams
:) and I have one thick blanket on the outside of his door and one on the
inside to muffle the screams, and a towel shoved under my 3 year olds door. Now
if Amazon would only hurry up with those noise canceling ear plugs, then I
might just get this kid trained. But for now, I am still available to text at
1am, 3am, 4am, and 5am, if anyone is up :)
xoxo
Daily Mom
Lol! I feel your pain! Excellent idea about the blankets! I never thought of that! Although, I was pretty lucky with Bud, the only way to wake him up is to vigorously shake him (gently of course) or tickle his feet. Screaming babies seemed to be outside his auditory range...not that I still didn't worry about it!
ReplyDeleteWe were successful with crying it out though, so hang tough!! You can do it!!!