I don't usually check on her during a nap, but happened to this dayand moved her into a more comfortable position, in my estimation anyway. :)
just sweet(3/2/10)
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sleeping Precious:)
I don't usually check on her during a nap, but happened to this dayand moved her into a more comfortable position, in my estimation anyway. :)
just sweet
Monday, September 21, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
So Sweet When Asleep:)
She always has her little hand up by her face/cheek when she sleeps! I think this is where her hands were while she was in my womb.:)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
How Do YOU Sleep?
Caedmon took a really long nap today, so I finally went back and opened his door. As I watched to see if he'd wake up, he pulled himself into this position and I couldn't resist grabbing the camera!:)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Stickin' To My Guns
Last night was night #4 of my new philosophy with Caedmon and sleeping.
Night #1, Wednesday, he woke up at 11p.m. and cried for an hour. That was the hardest night for me!
Night #2, I decided to try putting him to bed awake. So we played after eating, changed into pj's, read a book and then went to bed. He fussed for about 5 minutes, fell asleep and slept till 4:30a.m.! Wow, that was too easy!
Night #3, we did about the same, and again he fussed probably less than 5 minutes and went to sleep. Slept till 5:30a.m.! Should have started this a LONG time ago!
Night #4...o.k., I knew it couldn't be THAT easy!:/ He fell asleep at his 7:30p.m. feeding. I put his pj's on, waking him up and then put him in his crib. It took longer to fall asleep this time. I had to go back once and I stood there while he fell asleep. He woke up twice before 2:15a.m. and then woke up at 2:15a.m. and cried for an hour.:( It was not a good night! I went in to check on him periodically, and if I stood there he stopped crying, but he was wide awake! As soon as I'd leave, he'd cry again. When he finally went to sleep, it was with me standing next to his crib with my back to him.
I've been thinking about me going in and checking on him. I think I need to do this for me more than anything. So I know that he knows that I'm still here and haven't abandoned him. Last night, I was beginning to wonder what I've done wrong that he wakes up and cries for an hour if I'm not near by. It seems like he's insecure without me there. Anyway, I was thinking that he really needs to learn to comfort himself without me coming in and doing it for him. But I'm not sure how to do this. He's a stubborn guy, and I guess I'm not as stubborn as he is. I hate to hear him cry for too long and I really hate when he gets extremely upset!
I go back to work tomorrow and I'm really hoping for more than a couple hours of sleep!
Night #1, Wednesday, he woke up at 11p.m. and cried for an hour. That was the hardest night for me!
Night #2, I decided to try putting him to bed awake. So we played after eating, changed into pj's, read a book and then went to bed. He fussed for about 5 minutes, fell asleep and slept till 4:30a.m.! Wow, that was too easy!
Night #3, we did about the same, and again he fussed probably less than 5 minutes and went to sleep. Slept till 5:30a.m.! Should have started this a LONG time ago!
Night #4...o.k., I knew it couldn't be THAT easy!:/ He fell asleep at his 7:30p.m. feeding. I put his pj's on, waking him up and then put him in his crib. It took longer to fall asleep this time. I had to go back once and I stood there while he fell asleep. He woke up twice before 2:15a.m. and then woke up at 2:15a.m. and cried for an hour.:( It was not a good night! I went in to check on him periodically, and if I stood there he stopped crying, but he was wide awake! As soon as I'd leave, he'd cry again. When he finally went to sleep, it was with me standing next to his crib with my back to him.
I've been thinking about me going in and checking on him. I think I need to do this for me more than anything. So I know that he knows that I'm still here and haven't abandoned him. Last night, I was beginning to wonder what I've done wrong that he wakes up and cries for an hour if I'm not near by. It seems like he's insecure without me there. Anyway, I was thinking that he really needs to learn to comfort himself without me coming in and doing it for him. But I'm not sure how to do this. He's a stubborn guy, and I guess I'm not as stubborn as he is. I hate to hear him cry for too long and I really hate when he gets extremely upset!
I go back to work tomorrow and I'm really hoping for more than a couple hours of sleep!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
My Little Love
My Little Love,
Last night was very difficult for your mother. You have not been sleeping very well at night and I decided it was time to do something about it.
You woke up at 11p.m. and started crying. I had finally determined in my mind that I needed to do what was best for you no matter how difficult. I let you cry and periodically I'd go in and check on you and comfort you.
Your little arms reached up to me and my heart broke. You wanted me to pick you up, to hold you, comfort you. I wanted to too, in the worst of ways! I even cried with you.
But I started to realize last night that you will be better off if mommy has boundaries and if mommy is consistent. As much as I believe I'm showing my love to you by doing what you want me to do, I'm loving you more by doing what's best for YOU!
Tonight, we tried something new. You ate your rice cereal, played on the floor, got your pjs on and read a book. We said good night to daddy and then I laid you in your crib. You were quite happy and I stood there for a few minutes reassuring you of my love. Then I left.
Sweetheart, you only cried about 5 minutes and then you fell asleep.
My little love, you are my first and therefore, my experiment. I'm so sorry for all the things I will mess up! I'm so sorry I don't know what I'm doing! I'll try to do my best, because I love you more than anything!
Last night was very difficult for your mother. You have not been sleeping very well at night and I decided it was time to do something about it.
You woke up at 11p.m. and started crying. I had finally determined in my mind that I needed to do what was best for you no matter how difficult. I let you cry and periodically I'd go in and check on you and comfort you.
Your little arms reached up to me and my heart broke. You wanted me to pick you up, to hold you, comfort you. I wanted to too, in the worst of ways! I even cried with you.
But I started to realize last night that you will be better off if mommy has boundaries and if mommy is consistent. As much as I believe I'm showing my love to you by doing what you want me to do, I'm loving you more by doing what's best for YOU!
Tonight, we tried something new. You ate your rice cereal, played on the floor, got your pjs on and read a book. We said good night to daddy and then I laid you in your crib. You were quite happy and I stood there for a few minutes reassuring you of my love. Then I left.
Sweetheart, you only cried about 5 minutes and then you fell asleep.
My little love, you are my first and therefore, my experiment. I'm so sorry for all the things I will mess up! I'm so sorry I don't know what I'm doing! I'll try to do my best, because I love you more than anything!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Sleep? What's That?
O.k. So I thought solids would be the cure all for sleeping through the night. WRONG! Caedmon is capable of sleeping through the night; has done so plenty of times before we started eating solids. I figured solids would just give him that little extra he needs to make it through the night. But he continues to get up 1-3 (yes, sometimes 3) times a night. We had three good nights over the weekend, in which he went 8 - 9 hours! That didn't last long.
I was determined to take my spring break week and work at getting him to sleep through the night. I have failed miserably! I have so much trouble letting him cry. I'll start out good, but then when he gets extremely upset, I can't take it anymore. I am so different from the mother I thought I would be!
So last night, he woke up at 1:15a.m.! Ridiculous! I fed him on one side and put him back to bed. Not 15 minutes later, he wakes up. Corey goes in, picks him up, gets him back to sleep, lays him down, and once again he wakes up. I say, we're just going to have to let him cry; he just ate. He fusses half-heartedly in spurts, and for 5 minutes, is completely quiet and I'm sure he's gone to sleep.
All of a sudden, he starts crying pretty hard. I only let it go a couple minutes before I go into his room. I'd hardly gotten in there when he throws up the entire contents of his stomach all over himself, his face, his sheet. I feel terrible! He gets himself so worked up sometimes, or it was the excess mucus from crying that perhaps made him gag and then throw up??
I've learned in my 6 months of parenting, never say never. I tried hard before I became a parent not to say, "My child will never do that." I didn't always succeed. I was always so against children sleeping in bed with their parents. I thought it was dangerous as well as bad for the husband/wife relationship. Well, I've lost track of how many times Caedmon has ended up in bed with us, and last night it happened again. I was at a loss for what to do, but mostly just too lazy to stay up and rock him back to sleep.
Anyone have any advice? I'm pretty sure I can't handle consistently letting him cry. Sometimes he's perfectly happy when awake and laid back down at night and he'll go to sleep on his own in a short time without even fussing. And the other night I let him cry himself back to sleep, but he never was that upset.
He's so inconsistent. Is this a phase we're going through?
Today, he fell asleep eating, stayed asleep through the whole diaper changing process, but as soon as I laid him in his crib, his eyes pop open and he's wide awake! AGGHHH!!
I was determined to take my spring break week and work at getting him to sleep through the night. I have failed miserably! I have so much trouble letting him cry. I'll start out good, but then when he gets extremely upset, I can't take it anymore. I am so different from the mother I thought I would be!
So last night, he woke up at 1:15a.m.! Ridiculous! I fed him on one side and put him back to bed. Not 15 minutes later, he wakes up. Corey goes in, picks him up, gets him back to sleep, lays him down, and once again he wakes up. I say, we're just going to have to let him cry; he just ate. He fusses half-heartedly in spurts, and for 5 minutes, is completely quiet and I'm sure he's gone to sleep.
All of a sudden, he starts crying pretty hard. I only let it go a couple minutes before I go into his room. I'd hardly gotten in there when he throws up the entire contents of his stomach all over himself, his face, his sheet. I feel terrible! He gets himself so worked up sometimes, or it was the excess mucus from crying that perhaps made him gag and then throw up??
I've learned in my 6 months of parenting, never say never. I tried hard before I became a parent not to say, "My child will never do that." I didn't always succeed. I was always so against children sleeping in bed with their parents. I thought it was dangerous as well as bad for the husband/wife relationship. Well, I've lost track of how many times Caedmon has ended up in bed with us, and last night it happened again. I was at a loss for what to do, but mostly just too lazy to stay up and rock him back to sleep.
Anyone have any advice? I'm pretty sure I can't handle consistently letting him cry. Sometimes he's perfectly happy when awake and laid back down at night and he'll go to sleep on his own in a short time without even fussing. And the other night I let him cry himself back to sleep, but he never was that upset.
He's so inconsistent. Is this a phase we're going through?
Today, he fell asleep eating, stayed asleep through the whole diaper changing process, but as soon as I laid him in his crib, his eyes pop open and he's wide awake! AGGHHH!!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Update on Sleep
Sunday night was horrible! He was up every 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours. I attempted feeding him on just one side and putting him back to bed...no way was this going to work! Give me a break - he often eats on only one side during the day, so I know he'll make it at night. But no. I tried to ignore the crying, knowing there wasn't anything really wrong. Don't know why I tried this on a work night. I think I got about 5 hours of sleep or so. But last night I went to bed between 8:30 and 9p.m. feeling horrible. I fed him in bed and let him fall asleep with me, and then Corey came in and put him in his crib. Are you ready for this?! He didn't wake up till 5:20a.m. Yes, that is a woppin' 9 hours! Yes! I'm hoping this isn't just a fluke! It'd be a very nice pattern!
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