Can I just say that crying it out is no fun at all! I remember watching "The SuperNanny" and wondering why in the world the Moms were crying while their child is crying and refusing to go to sleep. I realize that Kate is a baby and not a child, but I do have a sympathy for those parents that I did not have before. It is painful to hear your child cry without doing anything about it. I have to keep telling myself that it is in Kate's best interest that I do this. I know what is best for her. There is also this amazing since of accomplishment and peace that comes over you when you walk into her room and see that she is finally sound asleep.
Kate is now four months old and I felt that it was time to try to get her on a schedule. We have been doing a night routine for some time now, but now that she is more active in the day, I am trying to get her to sleep earlier at night. We have been working on it for about a week now. She is getting better, but it is still really hard to have her cry out. It is nice to have a spouse work with you on this, because for some reason it is harder on the mom than the dad.
It makes me think of the way God feels about us. Sometimes he has to allow us to "cry it out" because he knows what is best for us even though at the time we may not think so. His love is greater than even my love for Kate. That is pretty hard for me to imagine.
I will try to post some recent pictures some time this week.
3 comments:
Hey! Not sure how you are trying to get her to go to bed earlier but what worked for us and another friend of mine was to back up their "normal" time by 15 min. or so for a few nights and then a few days later back up some more. Continue doing that until you are at the time you want. Just thought I'd throw that out there in case you needed it! I hope it continues to go well for you.
It is definitely hard to hear your child cry and know you could help stop it...but it is better for them to cry. Just wait till kate starts trying to reason with you. Hannah is going to be an excellent debater. :-)
Just wanted to let you know that I had to change my blog address (had a meltdown while trying to change the background on previous blog). Our new blog address is: travisandhollieepperson@blogspot.com. Hope you have a fabulous weekend.
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