Yesterday was tough. Avery woke up every.single.time I tried to put her down for a nap. Frustrated doesn't even come close to describing how I felt. We had a birthday party at noon, and by that time, she had only slept for about 30 minutes all day. I had to leave her in the crib crying while I showered and got dressed. Never did go to sleep. At the party, K had a complete meltdown, and I had to practically drag her to the car, kicking and screaming. It wasn't pretty. She proceeded to scream the entire way home, which made Avery think that she should scream too. I put on my headphones and tried to drown them out with Dave Ramsey. Josh must've known I was thisclose to a breakdown because he got home at 5 and ordered me to go out for a while. Have I mentioned that I love him? I headed to the gym and felt much better by the time I got home. That didn't last long...K threw a huge fit 10 minutes after I got back. Spent about an hour in time out because she refused to apologize to Josh for hitting him. Crazy girl. While she was in time out, sleep bootcamp began in Avery's room:
I put Avery in the crib at 7:50. The minute I laid her down, she started to scream. I kissed her goodnight and left. She proceeded to scream for 25 minutes, and then stopped....that was it. I went in and checked on her, and she was zonked out. Awesome. The first time we let Kate cry it out, she went on and on for almost 2 hours. Avery woke up at 11:30. I fed her and then put her down awake. She cried for 10 minutes. Up again at 2:30. Cried for almost 30 minutes. Up for good at 6:30. I fed her and tried to get her to go back down, but she just wanted to play. That was really too early for her to get up b/c she was ready to go back to bed by 7:30. Overall, it wasn't a bad night. Believe it or not, that's better than most of our nights are. Naps have been much better today too--I haven't had to hold her at all! Let's hope night 2 goes even better.
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Oh I hope so. I'm sorry about the meltdowns. We have those frequently (like almost every day). I'm so proud of you for doing the sleep bootcamp. I never could do it, because my kids would scream for hours and never fall asleep. You are doing a great job MOM!
ReplyDeleteThis so reminds me of when we put the boys together in the same room to sleep. It was pure "you know what." But I am glad that you are stickin' to it!
ReplyDeleteThey will sleep one day...right?
I just found your blog, and I could have written this post about 2 months ago! It is so so so hard to go through sleep training with these little ones, but it is SO worth it. Just think, in a few weeks you will be able to sleep for more than three hours at a time!
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