This is Maizie's latest trick. And it breaks my heart. So, I picked her up last night. I broke the cardinal rule of getting them to go to sleep on their own. And then she was up until 12:30 a.m. We had a lot of fun late-night playing, but now I'm not sure when she'll ever be back on a normal schedule. Any hints out there for helping me stick to my "cry-it-out" guns?
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Enlist help from the daddy. Matthew is the only reason that Bella was sleeping through at four months. Matthew would sit and hold me while I cried along with Bella. It took over half an hour the first night, about twenty minutes the next couple of nights, then it tapered off until she was used to the "bedtime routine" and the fact that Mamma wasn't coming back for her after laying her down for the night. Now, she's four ...
Turn on some music or t.v. so you can't hear her cry. I always gave Lena 30 min. before I went in there to comfort her. I gave her a lovey in her bed to comfort her and would go to another part of the house where I couldn't hear her cry as loud. Then, after 30 min. I would check on her. I know it's hard. It only takes a few nights. I also couldn't listen to her cry over the moniter. I always had to turn it off till she went to sleep. Now she's 17 1/2 months and has been going to sleep on her own for about a year. Don't worry, you're not a bad mamma if you let her cry it out. It's part of learning, and she knows that you don't love her any less just because you let her cry it out. Hang in there. By the way, my blog is threecogburns.blogspot.com
Oh no! What a pitiful face! Hang in there. She'll learn. And I agree with doing something to drown out her crying. It's so hard to hear that sound.
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