Wish me luck

namara5532

We're doing another try at sleep training.  DS has gone through his bedtime routine except this time he's been put in the crib instead of on the bed with me.  I'm doing the method where we go check on him at increasing intervals.  It breaks my heart because when he fusses for me, he says "mama".  It needs to get done though as neither of us are sleeping well anymore, plus the sleep situation has kept me from feeling confident to look for a job.

I'm expecting no sleep tonight and maybe a breakthrough tomorrow night.  The crib is a safe space for him, so I know he won't hurt himself in there.  I hate it, but it needs to be done.  I hope to be posting on here in a few days that our efforts were not in vain.  Wish us luck!

michelle_1221

I feel like this worked well for us. To each their own, but I'm a better mom when I sleep!

namara5532

Well, we got some sleep last night.  He fussed for 2 hours at first before going to sleep for an hour, and then after wakings he'd fuss for half an hour.  He must've fed like 5 or 6 times though.  I just put him down for tonight, and he's not fussing half as hard, probably because he's figured out we're still checking on him and I'm still feeding him as needed.  I hope he figures out how to get himself back to sleep soon so we can all get some rest.