Friday, November 8, 2013

A quick life/baby update

I have a confession to make: I'm doing everything that I'm not supposed to do regarding sleep training. Emma was almost sleeping the whole night and suddlenly she just wasn't. At 10 weeks old, I went back to work and she was still waking up 2 to 3 times every night. She gave me a few good nights and then she would go back to her normal routine. My memory fails me (a lot) but I think it was around 6 months old when she got worse. I still don't know why it happenned. No teething, no sickness, no trips during those days. Things were bad and I also felt pressured to move her out of our room and things really got worse. I simply could not keep up, so we started co-sleeping. This was something that I never thought I would do. But, it got us both more sleep because it would allow me to nurse her half asleep without getting up. This worked as I recovered, but she got too spoiled and wanted to nurse as much as every 1-2 hours. I sent my husband to the other room since our bed is not big enough for the 3 of us. I don't feel bad for him because he was sleeping the whole night. 

This past weekend we tried to make her sleep in her crib again. I was getting up 3 times again to feed her. Andre took charge and 3 nights later, he fed her the last bottle of the day, she protested and finally fell asleep. He was in charge of comforting her that night when she woke up. She was so upset when it wasn't me that he decided to sing/rock her to sleep and put her on the bed next to him until she stopped crying. I was inside of our room listening to everything, crying and holding myself from "rescuing" her. I didn't go just because her cry would take a few breaks. I waited because I knew that if I rescued her, she would do it again and again. I never got good at nursing on both sides without physically switching sides so I'm only nursing on one side. I think my breastmilk is slowly drying out. I'm relived and at the same time I feel a little nostalgic that she is a big girl and doesn't need me that way anymore. I'm anti "let your baby" cry methods, but I needed this situation to get better. The day after, last night, she slept the whole night! I wonder if that's going to be enough sleep training for Emma. I still woke up several times checking on her but I felt so good this morning! I cannot wait for her to have more nights like that. She will be 10 months old tomorrow. Time really flies. I'm already planning what to do for her birthday party! A lot more happened this past month but for now I need to get some sleep just in case we don't get another uninterrupted night. 


3 comments:

  1. Amiga I hope she stays like this, that would be a blessing for you!!! I can't believe she's 10 months old!

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  2. I'm so glad she slept, and I hope it continues! This is honestly my biggest fear about having a baby...I know people say you adjust and that it's different from bad nights of sleep pre-kids, but the idea of 10 months without a full night of sleep is scary. Go to sleep, Emma!

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  3. @ Andi: She did really well last night... she is a big girl now

    @ Emily: I was so afraid of not sleeping too! before Emma I could sleep 12 hours! Now I dont need that much. It is very hard and some days I feel that I might fall asleep driving to/from work. When you think you can't do it anymore, you need to ask for help :)

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