It's almost one in the morning and I am sitting here rocking my son back to sleep for the third time tonight. Every time I have gotten him back in his crib he has woken up almost immediately. (Guess I still need to master the art of tip toe.)
He's not very happy with me, I am trying to night wean him. We went to the dr. a couple weeks ago and long story short the doctor pretty much thinks I'm nuts that I usually get up with little Bear two or three times a night (sometimes more... Sometimes less) I may be a little unbalanced but I think that may because of the lack of sleep. Anyways, I was all gung ho about it right after the appointment and we actually had a couple good nights (after a really bad one...) But then he started cutting a tooth and it was so much easier nursing a cranky teething baby back to sleep... And here we are back to square one. I realize consistency is the key, and there will always be a reason not to wean him, but at this point there are so many more reasons to night wean him (I am sick and tired of falling asleep in the rocking chair, my neck has had a permanent crick for over a year.)
Tonight I was going to try a variation of Ferber's cry it out but after 20 min I thought I was going to have a stroke...
Any night weaning tips to share out there ladies? And any tips on overall weaning?
Going to put him down in his crib now, cross your fingers for me!
Oh Em! I'm sorry the nights are so rough. Have you tried Hyland's teething gel? We did the same thing with Henry and he eventually outgrew it so we tried to be firmer with Kat about how to handle the middle of the nights. I HATED the Ferber method, but how else can you ease out of that pattern? It was so hard to let him just cry for a few minutes. Good luck! Hope it gets better!
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