It was our decision last night to begin the "cry it out" process with Grady that helped me take this step into starting a blog about our family! I figured if we are gonna do this cry it out thing, I'm probably gonna need an outlet to talk through it. I mean if it's out there...in cyberspace... for everyone to read about, I might be more accountable to the process.
So here we go, we're crying it out, something we never did with CC who didn't consistently sleep through the night until she was about 1. I'm going back to work in 2 weeks so I'm hoping that is ample time to adjust. I'm relying on advice and encouragement from friends who swear after a week tops we will all be sleeping happily ALL NIGHT LONG. We'll see!!!!!!!!!!!
Last night went about as you would expect... HORRIBLE!!! Before we started this we had been putting Grady down about 8:30 or 9 and he would wake up consistently between 2-3am every night. Not to eat, we haven't been feeding him during the night for a while, but we would go in and give him his passy, reswaddle him & rock if necessary. Sometimes from that point on he would sleep until 6 or 7, other times he would wake up again every 30 minutes or hour, just very unpredictable. If you've seen this boy recently...HE'S HUGE!!
He can barely hold his head up because his cheeks are so big and heavy!! (not really he rolls over and holds his head up wonderfully for his age, developmentally above target I would say even haha) I'm just saying he has more than enough weight on his body to carry him through the night without needing to eat. So, I don't feel guilty in the least for doing this; my sanity is at stake! But like I said, it went horribly, he did sleep until his usual 2:30am waking, but then he cried and cried and cried AND CRIED. We, of course, went in at 15 min intervals to reassure him that we were still there and loved him but would NOT be picking him up tonight or any other night from now on!! Finally, he conked out right about the time his big sister wanted to wake up for the day...isn't that the way it always works with two??!!
So now, I'm staring night #2 of crying it out in the face, and relying on the words of seasoned mothers that have walked this path before me that "it might get worse before it gets better" :/
I hope this works out for you Carrie. I remember when Curt was a good bit older we started this process too, I would sit on the floor in the hall and just cry with him. Someone suggested I try soft music and it worked! I think he was about 9 months old then. Now we are struggling with my grandson, Banks who is 9 months, he now doesn't want to go to sleep at his bedtime. Good luck to you and I will keep my finger's crossed!
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