Sorry I couldn't post updates, our internet crapped out :( But I finally have a success story! I've been avoiding letting K.J. cry it out at night, I finally decided that's what I needed to do, but postponed it forever. I thought it would be horrible, I thought he'd scream for hours, I thought it would rip my heart out, but it has gone so much more smoothly than expected! One night I had had enough and reached my limit with the whole thing, so the next day I moved his matress in his room and just didn't breast feed him, he got cranky and wanted a nap, but I wasn't going to feed him to get him to sleep! So he skipped his nap, then I did his night time routine in his room and left and let him scream. That was the hardest part for me, I bawled a little, but he fell asleep after 20 minutes. He woke up at one, we did the same thing, Kualii checked on him, made sure he was ok, then let him cry and fall asleep, then he woke up again at about 5:30 so I gave him his sippy cup, he was thirsty after all the screaming, and did the same thing, and he slept till 10:30! Last night was about the same, but he didn't have to cry himself back to sleep, as soon as he knew he was safe with Mom or Dad, he drifted off to sleep ok. He did wake up at 8 and was grumpy and tired still, so I put him back in there and he slept till noon!
He's tired and grumpy during the day, I think just from the change and getting use to sleeping somewhere else, but I'm so happy! I know we still have work to do, hopefully he'll learn to sleep without those little breaks, and I've heard that when you do this method they sometimes have a relapse or setback around night 4, but I'm feeling so optimistic! I know I can handle it. I should have done this sooner! But now, I'll know for next time :-)
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You freaking go girl!!!!!! That's awesome!! We still have bad nights with Nate, but we put a lock on his door so that when he's acting out and he knows it's bed time we lock it so he doesn't get his way. Most of the time he doesn't even try to open the door, but he'll go through a stage where he'll do that for a while and then he gets used to it again. When we first moved into our new apartment he would just stay in his room with no lock. It was awesome! Even though it's frustrating to hear them cry, it sets limits. You're still meeting his needs and that's what's important. Like love and logic teaches, you learn what they need and what they want and set limits on their wants :D. Of course I think it's terribly wrong to leave an infant to sit and cry it out, but after they're one, they learn how to get their way. We're working through that a lot with Nate lately. He's been screaming to get his way it's awful! So we've been trying to get him to understand he can't get what he wants when he screams. It's very frustrating!
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