While the last 8 months in our lives have been CAH-RA-ZY, one thing that seemed to finally settle down was the Little Man's ability to get himself to sleep at night. I mean, we'd do the bedtime routine that we'd done since the day after he came home from the hospital: bath, pj's, teeth brushing (once the teeth came in), read a book (yes, even when he was days old!), sing some songs, say some prayers and put him down for bed. It was tough for awhile, we finally got in the groove and eventually there was no crying and we could put him down wide awake and know that he'd pass out until the morning. ohhh sweet memories...
The last 4 weeks have been sheer torment. The kid is no longer falling asleep on his own, he's fighting to stay awake as long as humanly possible and screams "MOMMY" (and occasionally Dadddy) at the top of his lungs. We believe in letting him cry it out for the most part, but every night we go back into his room after about 30-40 min of crying to settle him down and rock him/pat his back till he's asleep. Last night added insult to injury when jsut as we were heading to bed, he woke up and despite NUMEROUS futile attempts, he wouldnt go to sleep. So we laid in bed for an hour to sweet sweet sounds of MOMMY!!! Dr. F had to hold me because it was aweful. By midnight my body shut down and I actually passed out amdist the screams and Dr. F went in and settled him down. 5 min of back rubbing, he was out for the night. WTF?!
It may sound cruel to let him cry, but at almost 2, with a history of being able to go to sleep on his own and being clean, comfortable and well fed...I am at a loss. Please please please any suggestions. I'm on the verge of loosing it.
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