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So effing hard....

Mrs. RohdeMrs. Rohde member
in August 2012 Moms
Hearing your baby cry. He's been crying for the last hour and 45 minutes and has finally fallen asleep...I hope. He used to sleep so well and stay asleep for really long stretches and then teething hit full force, new milestones like crawling and waving and pulling up to stand has all ruined his great sleeping habits. It's usually me who will go in there and calm him down or nurse him back to sleep. When DH tries I feel like he gives up too fast and deems DS hungry and needs "the boob" to calm down even though he takes a bottle just fine. I don't want him to need me to fall asleep!!!! Especially after only being down 3 hours. That's crap. So tonight I decided enough was enough. DH wanted to call it quits 45 minutes ago and I told him no. That would have made that last hour of crying completely wasted. He was slowing down. He was tired. He was just so used to me running in there to snuggle him back down. He ate well. He wasn't wet. He needs sleep. DH went to the garage because he "can't deal with it". So I've been on Pinterest distracting myself from the sad crying and the battle going on between my head and my heart. My heart was saying if he's still not asleep by 11 I am going in there to snuggle him. My head was giving in. And then DS fell asleep. I feel like crying for having made him cry so long. It hurt to hear but I know that I can't rock or nurse him to sleep forever and moreover I don't want to.
So I hope this helps. I hope I don't feel like a sh!t mom forever. But mostly I hope DS doesn't hate me when he wakes.
Thanks for listening..... If you even made it this far... :[
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  • AndreabksAndreabks member

    i'm sorry you guys are having a rough night.  DH gives up like that too sometimes.  she'll be fussing and crying for naps over the weekend and DH will go get her after like 10 minutes because she is apparently not tired and just wants to be w

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  • CrossingfingersCrossingfingers member
    I'm sorry your night got off to a rough start. How did she do for the rest of the night?
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  • bkayembkayem
    My DH always wants to cave too. He just wants to go in and pat his back. Which is exactly what LO wants. But I want him to just fall asleep by himself.
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  • melmarie26melmarie26 member
    Aaww, I'm so sorry you guys are dealing with sleep issues too! To me though, it sounds like you're doing the right thing.

    My hubs is a lot tougher than I am in the CIO department. That is probably the hardest thing I've had to make myself d

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  • Mrs. RohdeMrs. Rohde member
    Thanks ladies its 5:40 and he just woke up!!! Yay!!!!! I'm just so glad that he can do it and wasn't mad at me. I'm nursing him now :]
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  • shakinrosshakinros member
    Congrats mrs rohde! I hope tonight he has an easier time getting to sleep.
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