Desperate Post March 16, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : I dream of sleep , 1 comment so farI am getting desperate.
We need sleep.
Dr. Jay and I have a plan.
Tonight, Luna gets her nighttime bottle. When she wakes over
night(notice I said when, not if, because Dr. Jay and I can count the
nights of complete sleep in the last 44 months on 2 hands. Maybe 3
hands, but we would not need a fourth), she will get a sippy. No
comfort of the bottle. Nope, sorry kiddo. T
onight, you get to learn
that sleeping all night is the good thing, waking is not fun anymore.
Tonight, after her sippy, Luna will go in her bed. We will rub her
back and pat her, but no more snuggle in chair for over an
hour. Sippy = chair
done = bed.
We have to start getting her to stay asleep. I am exhausted. Last
night we had another "Daddy is not touching me I have to scream"
night. We are both loosing it. And it is waking Soleil, the space
monster who has come into our bed every night for 5 nights in a
row. She cannot sleep straight, she must sleep in a way that bruises
my kidneys.
We have to get sleep.
The "No-Cry Sleep Solution" did not work,
the
"Cry It Out" is not acceptable for me.
So we are trying the "Awake is
not fun" plan. Let’s hope it works.
Any suggestions are welcome, but I will stick my tongue out at you if
you tell me to let her cry. She wakes Soleil, even if it is only for 5
minutes.
