Last night we attempted to have Max sleep in his room, in his crib, for the first time. It started off well; we put him in the crib around 9, already asleep. I know we're supposed to put him to bed awake, and he's supposed to go to sleep on his own, but that just ain't happening, folks. Max will only fall asleep if someone is holding him. I know we've conditioned him to do this, but that's just the way it is. We can only work on so many things at a time- and right now, we're working on a bed time routine and sleeping in the crib.
Max woke up crying at 11:30, which is unusual for him. He normally sleeps four or five hours for the first part of the night. I fed him, got him back to sleep, and put him in his crib. And of course he woke up. I let him alone for a bit, until it was obvious that he was just working himself up into a fit. Then I rocked him back to sleep. Back in the crib he went. And he once again woke up. So we repeated this dance four times, and an hour-and-a-half later, he finally stayed asleep. But he woke up again at 2:30. I fed him, rocked him to sleep, put him in the crib, and you guessed it, he woke up again. I didn't have the energy this time, so I brought him back to our room and put him in his bassinet.
Definitely an unusual night for him, he ended up waking up to eat four times, compared to his usual two. Maybe he just needed comforting and reassurance. Maybe I just needed comforting and reassurance, who knows! I was a little teary eyed when I first went to bed that night, without my baby by my side, and I know Jeff checked on him four or five times before finally going to bed himself. It's going to be tough, but we'll keep at it. I think we'll keep the monitor off this time though, there's no need to hear every little peep he makes.
Tatum: "Give it back, Malainie!"
