bedtime
It pains me to think about sleep training, let alone be in the house when it happens, but the truth is that even though he cried for two hours the first night and one hour the second night, Sam slept straight through both nights without waking. This morning I woke up before he did.
About an hour after we left his room last night, Sam decided that he’d had enough, got into bed and went to sleep. He didn’t cry the entire hour and he didn’t cry nearly as much as he did the first night. He stood at the gate in his doorway for a while and talked about Thomas and Percy and James. Every ten minutes Bob went in, put him back in bed and left. Sam protested when he left, but didn’t scream like he did the night before. He cried mostly while he demanded that we take the gate off.
I don’t know what tonight will be like. We had a pretty good day, the three of us. We bummed around the house most of the morning then went to the post office. Bob went for a haircut and Sam and I went to play with the train table at Barnes and Noble for a while. Sam napped and Bob and I worked around the house. After Sam’s nap we worked for a bit longer while Sam played then the three of us went out to celebrate our wedding anniversary at a local restaurant that features a kids meal happy hour. Sam surprised me by eating just about everything on the table, from onion rings to my Thai turkey salad, even asking for lettuce.
Back at home we watched a bit of Thomas, played with toys, then got ready for bed. Sam and I brushed off the food from his teeth, picked out the color diaper he wanted to wear and the pajamas. Now, just 5 minutes after Bob left his room, he’s at his gate demanding to take the blue diaper and the red pajamas off and replace them with the green diaper and the blue pajamas. I am very tired and hopeful he’ll go to sleep more easily tonight.
Life was so much easier when he would just nurse to sleep.
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March 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Jacki, I’m glad he’s calmed down for you. Hang in there.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I hope Sam’s sleep is continuing to improve. My 8 month old has completely regressed and is waking up more often now than he did as a newborn. I’m considering sleep training for him but I keep telling myself he’s just a baby. Maybe I’m being naive. Keep us posted on your progress.