Sleeping Through Night: Part 2
Ok, so I last left you at Brayden crying for 1 hr. 30 minutes. He ended up crying for 2 hours until his next feeding. He ate and I placed him in his crib and he cried for 30 minutes more. After me crying hearing him crying for so long I placed him in his swing (still no pacifier). He slept for 2 hours solid. He ate at 5:00pm and cried in my arms from 5:30 until 8:00pm. He was so tired but just could not go to sleep. After his 8:00pm bottle we placed him in his crib for bedtime. He cried 30 minutes and fell asleep. We fed him again at 11:00 and he went right to sleep afterward. He woke up at 1:30am and cried for 15 minutes. He woke up at 3:00am and cried until 5:00am (it was not a whale, just a mild protest). I snuck in and checked on him every so often. He fell asleep at 5:00am and woke up at 5:30am. At that point he had met the 6 hour stretch I was comfortable with and I fed him. He fell right asleep again after his bottle and woke up at 8:30am to eat.
He did it! I was so proud. I wanted to make him a plaque, set up a trust fund in his name, hire a pilot and put “you did it” on paper pulled by the plane. Can I tell you how nice it is not to have to give him a pacifier every 2 minutes, or put him in bed with me to get him to sleep? It is great! This morning he fell asleep in his car seat as we were out and about with no cry at all. Whoohoo! For his nap this afternoon, he cooed for about 45 minutes and then fell asleep. whoohoo!
We’ll see how tonight goes but so far, I see sleep in our future.
Sleeping Through the Night: Part 1
Sigh…it has come time for my 3 month old to sleep through the night..sigh. He has gradually gotten worse and is now eating every 3 to four hours all day and night. I call it “snacking”. He eats in clusters at 6:00pm, 8:00pm and then again somewhere around 11pm-1am. He wakes up from that 3 hours later about 3:30 and then again at 5:30am to eat. He then wakes up again around 8:00am to eat again. (Mind you he is eating like 2 oz at those early morning feedings.)During the day he goes about 4 hours in between feedings. I feel so sleep deprived!
I have sought the advice of friends and read a ton of stuff. I think what is going to work best for us is the BabyWise method. I have actually had friends tell me they have never seen a baby fight sleep so hard. Great, I am so lucky!
Brayden is a wonderful baby, we just need sleep. So as it stands now, I just put him down for his afternoon nap and he has been crying for 1 hr and 30 minutes. This is hard! Needless to say, I am crying too! I peak in his room and every 30 minutes pat his back and tell him it is OK.
I am also implementing the 3 hour eating regiment. I think this will help him a ton. Oh yeah, I should tell you, Brayden weighed 13lbs. 2oz. at his 2 month appointment. He is growing great and a healthy, chubby little guy.
I’ll keep you all updated on our progress. I have a feeling this will not take the average 3 to 5 days. We are gonna be in for the long hall.
This totally stinks and I hate to hear my baby crying, however, I hate not sleeping more. sigh.
