JD is 20 months old and I think I've finally decided that I have to have him learn to sleep by himself by crying it out. Katie had to learn much earlier since a new baby was on the way and I wasn't about to have 2 little ones sleeping in our bed. So last night was our first real attempt. This is so stressful. He cried loud and hard for a little over an hour. Then a few hours later woke up again, cried for a little bit and fell asleep. A little while after that he woke up again and was crying hard this time. I finally went in and got him and laid with him till he fell asleep. I know some people have their kids sleep trained within the first few months. Perhaps they let them cry it out early. I just can't do it. I'd love to hear if you've been in the same boat or how you sleep trained your little one.
Night #2
Repeated the brush teeth, read stories process. Then JD protested when I said it was time for ni-night but not nearly like last night. In a way it is nice that he is this old because I can really talk up certain things. "What a big boy. You get to be in your own bed..." Tonight he let me rub his back and then he fell asleep. I did not have to go through the torture of listening him cry. Although I'm pretty sure he'll wake up in the middle of the night. I'll try to let him go back to sleep on his own.
Night #3
Started off well. Put him in his crib. He asked why a few times again but then let me put the blankets on him and I said ni-night and shut the door. It was funny. He didn't start to cry until a few seconds later. He cried for maybe 10 minutes or less. About an hour or so later he woke up and cried some more. Then again an hour after that. This time I went in because he was getting very loud and I was thinking of our downstairs tenants. I held him for a minute and put him back in his bed. 3 or more hours later the same thing but this time I brought him back to our bed. So I called our tenant and let her know what we're doing. We're blessed to have such great people living below us. They are very understanding. I"m hoping for a good night tonight.
Night #4
Started well again. Not much crying but woke up a couple hours later. I went in and laid him back down, patted him...but he was crying soon after and yelling "I wanna dit down mommy" over and over again. I let him cry for a little while and went back and forth from his room to ours and finally decided to sleep in there with him. Me on the floor and him in his crib. It worked. He checked to make sure I was still there a couple times but then slept the rest of the night. Hopefully I don't have to do this too many times. It sure isn't comfortable.
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