So for the past couple of weeks, we were trying to get Blake to sleep through the night…really it was just a nightmare! This young lad can go for two or more hours, screaming his head off telling us, “if you are going to put me through this hell, you are coming right along with me!” We were all miserable and I basically balled like a baby every day because of some minute thing that would just tip me over the scales. I was forgetful and would lose my temper at a drop of the hat…I was a “pleasure” to live with while we were trying to get Blake to sleep through the night. The funny thing is we were “training” him so the family sleep pattern as a whole would improve.
We were wrong about that!
Note to self: The Ferber Method works for some babies (aka Brook), but will fail miserably for other babies (aka Blake).
Also, in order as to not send Mommy into an insaine assylum, one must know when to wave the white flag.
It has been waved until further notice.
And guess what? Happiness is once again back in the Newman household.
I am now getting up in the middle of the night for a feeding again and I couldn’t be happier. Instead of only getting 4 hours or less sleep a night, I’m up to 7! That is because I just feed and then put him right back into bed. Brook is even sleeping better. Both kids by some miracle slept till 9am this morning! I felt like I was on a vacation…now given I woke up twice to feed Blake, but I am positive that all and all I got around 8-9 hours of total sleep…oh the luxury of sleep!
So, I’m just going to feed the hungry dude…it’s easier than the alternative. Besides, he’ll eventually figure it out and sleep without waking up, but until then, this set up is fine by me.
For now the white flag is here to stay!
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I am so glad to read this. I have a 9 1/2 month old little boy who gets up a couple of times a night to feed and I still can not let him cry through the night. Everyone tells me it is time to let him cry, but he will cry and cry and cry. It is nice to know that there are mom’s out there like me who would rather get up and feed for 15 min than lay there and listen to crying for 2 hours.
Yeah – We were successful at the crying it out method with Brook…She slept through the night in less than a week. But, Blake is dancing to the beat of his own drum and you know, right now, just feeding him is the right thing to do. I figure it’s going to happen eventually whether I force sleep upon him or not.