Friday, March 23, 2007

Really over it

I am really angry, frustrated and worn out! This child seems to want the death of me. I am ready to switch to formula just to help her sleep.

Crying it out is not working. Last night she was up in the 12:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 6:00 hours. I let her cry it out at midnight. At 2:30 I fed her. At 4:30 I only let her eat on one side and at 6:30 she ate on the other.

The reason behind the 1/2 feedings was the idea of if she is just used to having a full meal, maybe giving her smaller amounts will get her used to less and less at night.

I am up for anything at this point. This is a huge cry for help!!!!
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Dave said...

Hey you. Soooo sorry about this! This stinks! I love sleep. Absolutely love it. Maybe excessively.

To get Andrew to sleep through the night I needed Dave. When he would wake up Dave would hold him and love on him and then put him in his crib until he went back to sleep. It would take like an hour/hour and half. But only the first night. If I tried, it didn't work as well because andrew expected food from me. From Dave, nothing. So it wasn't really crying it out, because everytime he cried dave was there to reassure him that we were here and to make sure nothing else was wrong (like his arms/legs stuck in between the rails). First night was horrible, second night not as bad and he just needed to help a little on the third night. My goal was to get to 5am. then I would feed him. He had a 5 am feeding until I weaned him at a year.

Good luck, Tara!

Get back to sleep, Avery!

March 23, 2007 at 8:38 AM

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