Now that I know Hailey is healthy I have had to face the facts - I created a night monster!! This girl knows how to work me and her favorite time is during the night. Here is how our schedule would go:
7:30 - She is tired - feed her a bottle - rock her to sleep and then lay her down
9:00 - She is craying - wants to finish her bottle and be held
9:30 - Tried to lay her down - she woke up and wants to be held
10:00 - Tried to lay her down - she woke up and wants to be held
Contines for several hours
1:00am - Wakes up again to eat - wants to be held
3:00 - Wakes up again - for no reason - just wants to be held
So I came to the realazation that I have to start letting her cry it out - which I HATE!!! Ashley never had an issue going to sleep - so I never had to do any of this. The first night was HORRIBLE - she cried - I cried (but I wasn't holding her) It took about 1 1/2 hours for her to get to sleep. Last night was a little better she is actually going to sleep and I let her cry at 9 and she sleeps til 11 - I feed her then just because I can't make her go all night without eating (yes, we already established that I am a huge sucker!) Then she slept til 3am - let her cry for about an hour - but it wasn't a big cry. So we have gone 2 nights and I already see an improvement - and I am actually looking forward to getting some real sleep....soon.
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