I guess I shouldn't complain about Lily's sleeping habits since up until about a month ago she was a mommy's dream sleeper. She has been sleeping through the night since she was 2 months old and RARELY woke up. That is until the dreaded TEETHING hit us! She has been waking up every night and I can usually just give her her pacie and she goes back to sleep. But, if I go in her room and see her standing up, I know that trying to get her to go back to sleep in her crib is not going to happen. OK, I'm also exhausted, so I do the easiest (but probably worst) thing, I put her in bed with me. I know- Bad Mommy! But now I think maybe she's just getting into a habit of waking up and it is not something I want to encourage, so I'm going to have to try some Tough Love. Tonight I am going to try to not pick her up. Just give the pacie, pats on the back and leave. As I am writing this I'm already doubting myself- it's easier said than done. I'll let you know how it goes!
UPDATE! Lily woke up last night at 3:30 and I REALLY TRIED! But, I couldn't let her cry it out, so we both ended up on the couch. I guess tough love isn't for me!
4 comments:
Don't fret, you are a great mom and it is hard to do these things to the heart of our heart. But it is in her best interest to get a full nights sleep and habits can develop very quickly. What you need now is a grandma there to get it on the right track. (You know that I don't have an ulterior motive) Ha HA I love you Lily and I would love to see you.
Poor thing. I know it is no fun when neither one of you get a full nights sleep. It was hard for me to do the "tough love" thing too. I have caved in myself more than I would like to count. :-)
Uuuuuuuuugh! I feel your pain - it took me ike 9 months to let Chloe cry and it was b/c I was exhausted form 9 months of no sleep! But, it really does get better - even the next ngiht is better - it hels if you are just so exhausted that you fall asleep while she's still crying - haha! Good luck! We're still fighting this battle occasionally at 15 months!
I guess I am the bad mom here. I never, ever from day one let my children sleep in my room. They were good babies too and there were a few nights when they "TRIED" to start some bad habits but I didn't cave in. But then I also worked full-time so I had to get some sleep. Just keep reminding yourself, "This too will pass!"
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