I need to sleep train myself now, because Winn slept all night long and my boobs have not gotten the message yet. I was wide awake at 2 am last night. When I get to the point when I am not waking up at night, I am going to feel like I can conquer the world or at least my house.
Yesterday I pulled my baby carrying muscle - the one between my left shoulder and backbone. I am taking aleve/advil every 4 hours. Make sure you switch arms on carrying lest up like me!
I am so relieved that this seems to be working for now. The first night was so hard, but it's gotten easier each night. I think it was harder on my husband than me, because I am bearing the brunt of co-sleeping, therefore am more motivated to get him sleeping in his crib. I am sure we will have setbacks and I will have to retrain, but now I have more confidence in Winn's sleeping abilities and feel like I can start getting back on track with my sleep in order to keep me sane and cheerful.
I ordered Winn this high chair - He starts solids next week as he will be six months next Tuesday. My boy's growing up!
Yay!! It WORKS and WORKS QUICKLY, huh?!
ReplyDeleteWe had a big setback when Alex had a cold and got into bad habits again. It took one night of re-training that was pretty painless and we're back to one wakeup around 3:30 to eat. It's sooooo amazing to only wake up once.
Congrats on making so much progress so fast! I am encouraged to read that so many people who try sleep training find it works faster than they think. I am glad to have friends who are paving the way for me - you can bet I'll be asking your advice when the time comes! Hope your boobs let you sleep through the night soon - mine wake me up every 3 - 4 hours, so I can totally relate!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you're making so much progress! I know how hard it is.
ReplyDeleteAs for the boobs, even though Jason sleeps through the night, I still have to get up once a night to pump. If I don't, I'm in so much pain, it's just not worth it.
Hey! Thanks for all your chats. Good that Winn is sleeping according to plan. Yes, crib naps are a work in progress. I found the first one of the day the easiest and then made sure she never went in over tired. Playing in there first helps. Baby Einstein on my iPad is a last resort ;)
ReplyDeleteSo glad it's working so quickly! That is so awesome. The boob thing sucks, Logan has slept through the night the last 2 nights and I had to get up to pump. So much pain!
ReplyDeleteGlad things are working...getting my babies to sleep has really changed things around here...will be interested to hear how things go as you continue the sleep training...
ReplyDeleteUpdate....please change my URL in your blog list to littleolivia.blogspot.com instead of littlediiorios. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteNOOOOO!! Never mind. The last blog name I gave you had a typo and the corrected version was taken. So my new blog name and URL is lovelittlelivi@blogspot.ca. Please change it in your blog list! Sorry for the techno hassle. Thanks!
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