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I can't believe it! My baby boy is 2 months old today. He is getting so big. He is growing so much faster then Gracie did. I guess that is a boy for ya. As Gracie would grow and get older Matt and I would look at pictures of her to compare how she had grown. We still do that and are in awe of how big she is and what a precious little girl she is now. The other night I took a picture of Grace holding Logan that we could compare to one that was taken the week he came home from the hospital. It is clear that he has grown like a weed. He has a well baby appointment on Wednesday, I can't wait to see how much my baby boy has grown. Here are the pictures. What do you think?
Here is the baby conspiracy I was talking about.
A Baby's Perspective on Sleep Training...
OK, here's my situation. My Mommy has had me for almost 7 months. The first few months were great--I cried, she picked me up and fed me, anytime, day or night. Then something happened.
Over the last few weeks, she has been trying to STTN (sleep thru the night).
At first, I thought it was just a phase, but it is only getting worse. I've talked to other babies, and it seems like it's pretty common after Mommies have had us for around 6 months.
Here's the thing: these Mommies don't really need to sleep. It's just a habit. Many of them have had some 30 years to sleep--they just don't need it anymore. So I am implementing a plan. I call it the Crybaby Shuffle.
It goes like this:
Night 1--cry every 3 hours until you get fed. I know, it's hard. It's
hard to see your Mommy upset over your crying. Just keep reminding
yourself, it's for her own good.
Night 2--cry every 2 hours until you get fed.
Night 3--every hour.
Most Mommies will start to respond more quickly after about 3 nights.
Some Mommies are more alert, and may resist the change longer. These
Mommies may stand in your doorway for hours, shhhh-ing. Don't give in.
I cannot stress this enough: CONSISTENCY IS KEY!!
If you let her STTN (sleep through the night), just once, she will expect it every night. I KNOW IT'S HARD! But she really does not need the sleep, she is just resisting the change.
If you have an especially alert Mommy, you can stop crying for about 10 minutes, just long enough for her to go back to bed and start to fall asleep. Then cry again. It WILL eventually work. My Mommy once stayed awake for 10 hours straight, so I know she can do it. Last night, I cried every hour. You just have to decide to stick to it and just go for it.
BE CONSISTENT! I cried for any reason I could come up with.
My sleep sack tickled my foot.
I felt a wrinkle under the sheet.
My mobile made a shadow on the wall.
I burped, and it tasted like pears (I hadn't eaten pears since lunch - what's up with that?)
The dog said "woof" (I should know. My Mommy reminds me of this about 20 times a day. LOL.)
Once I cried just because I liked how it sounded when it echoed on the monitor in the other room.
Too hot, too cold, just right--doesn't matter! Keep crying!!
It took awhile, but it worked. She fed me at 4am. Tomorrow night, my goal is 3:30am.
You need to slowly shorten the interval between feedings in order to reset your Mommies' internal clocks.
P.S. Don't let those rubber things fool you, no matter how long you suck on them, NO milk will come out! Trust me.
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Just wanted to post a funny little story about Gracie. I am sure that I will embarrass her with it when she is older. Yesterday I was nursing Logan(I have used no formula since we got home from the hospital, go me!) and Gracie was watching(something she seems to like doing) she pointed at Logan and the boob he was nursing on and said "me" while pointing in her mouth. I laughed and said, "no sweetie, you did this when you were a baby, but not any more". She took that as an acceptable response and went about playing. This morning while I was nursing Logan, she pointed at the opposite boob and said "me", I responded the same way I did the day before, but this time, she was a little more insistent. She actually crawled up on my lap and opened her mouth. I guess she figured that I have 2 of them and we have taught her to share. She finally lost interest and went about her morning. Oh boy, this could get interesting. Hopefully she will get the point that she loses interest completely, I have absolutely no desire to start nursing my 2 year old, LOL, she has been weaned since 5 months of age.
