This here is little Reagan and he has somehow managed to get spoiled the last 10+ months of his life!! Through some unknown reason I have softened up and I have not made this little guy sleep through the night - YET! What a mistake!! He is almost one and he still wakes up at least twice at night for his bottle of milk! I have tried water, but the screams continue and I always give in! I reason with myself that we all need our sleep so I will give him a bottle and it's no big deal - I kept thinking the problem would resolve itself - DUH it never does!! (plus, my kids are NOT sleepers and they never have been - I think it's a requirement for coming to our family - we wouldn't know what to do otherwise!!)
So, now Brady is gone for a few days and I have decided this has gone on long enough - poor Reagan!! All I can think to do is just let him cry the next few nights and see how it goes. I am hoping it will only last a few nights with no bottle and he will realize it's not worth it to wake up anymore. Thus the blog, I am now open to any and all suggestions for this little mission!! (Yes, you would think having 3 kids we would know what we were doing - huh maybe we will with number 4!!)
8 comments:
i know it's painful to let your child cry instead of giving in and giving them a bottle. But trust me, it's worth it! Be STRONG and don't give in. We followed advice from our childrens' pediatrician to feed our children solids and then put them in bed. If they cry, don't feed them. Let them cry. You can comfort him but don't feed him.
Yeah, good luck with letting him cry it out. Of course, I prepared myself mentally when I decided it was time for my girls to sleep through the night. I made plans to sleep on the couch and I made sure I had nothing going on the next day because I knew I wasn't going to get any sleep. However, when they woke up I just went in and gave them their binkies and I think they only woke up once, maybe twice, so it was a lot less painful than I was expecting! Good luck!
Good luck!! I hope all goes well for you. Madison was doing well and sleeping through the night and then she had a relapse and I made the mistake of feeding her instead of just putting her back to bed. It took me about a week to figure out my mistake. When she woke up I put her binkie in and sometimes I had to rock her back to sleep. There were a couple of times where she wasn't very happy with me about that. Good luck!!!
It will be TOUGH to let him cry through the night, but it should only be a couple of nights that are really bad. Believe me, you want him to learn NOW and not when he can get out of bed himself. Paige still wakes up every night not for milk but just to snuggle. Good Luck!!
I agree with anonymous, whoever they are. You just need to let them cry it out. It can be hard but if you do it, but if you don't do it they will still be waking up in the middle of the night when they are 2 years old. With each of our kids we just let them cry it out if they woke up and after a few days they get used to it and they are able to comfort themselves and fall back to sleep on their own.
Just look at his sweet little face! How could anyone say no to that?! I couldn't do it. That's why I don't have kids! LOL.
Ear plugs. Lots of them.
sorry I have no good advice for you. all I can say is good luck! and, be strong!
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