9-30-10

WHAT.A.DAY.

We are so unsure how it got to this point, but we had to start all over with the CIO at naptime/bedtime.  It has been absolutely exhausting!

Lately, Addi has been taking a paci to help soothe her to sleep.  Well, the past two days, it has literally been every five minutes of re-inserting paci.  Or, she wakes up mid nap and we put paci back in every five to ten minutes.  I finally decided this morning- NO MORE.  We cannot go running into her room every few minutes to reinsert that dang thing.  So, here was our day…

2 or 3 something this morning she was crying, and we got her back to sleep, five mins later, awake again, got her back to sleep.  On the third time- she went back to sleep.  I was expecting her to wake again at 4 as usual, but she didn’t wake again until 4:40.  This totally threw me off on what time to do her first feeding of the day because that would have been a mere one hour and twenty minutes later.  I decided to push it back just a little… of course I overslept.  So…

4:40 feeding

7:00 feeding, kept her awake for a good little while.  We were very happy!

Down for a nap relatively easily

9:30 feeding (had to push back because of the previous late feeding)

Down for a nap and CIO off and on.  Awake again at 11- ugh- started letting her CIO again, gave in and went to swing.  This is where I decided enough was enough and we were making a change!

12:15 feeding (late again to adjust)

12:40 I put her down.  This is incredibly short wake time, but she didn’t sleep much in her last nap, so I adjusted.

Played happily for twenty minutes, then CIO began in FULL FORCE!  Cried for 20 minutes, woke up, cried for a bit longer, woke up… I had to leave at 2:00 to meet Caren, so I left Joe with instructions not to rescue her if he could handle it.  He was incredibly sad looking when I left, but assured me that he would do his best.  (I noticed the couple of times I did go in there that as soon as she had me in her sights, she stopped crying- now I KNOW she is ok, just wants us L )

At 2:25, I was on my way home and knew that she had been crying the whole time.  I gave Joe the OK to go ahead and pick up.

2:30 feeding

2:55 put her back down CIO CIO CIO CIO CIO

I had to go to Cheerleading, so I again gave Joe my prayers and left him.  I knew this would be hard. Told him to try to make it one hour and then I would understand if he rescued her instead of letting her cry for the full two hours.  I hadn’t done that in all my days home with her- how could I expect him to do it? 

He made it until 30 minutes and couldn’t take it anymore.  I don’t blame him.  She slept on him the remainder of the time.  He said that if he even tilted her away from his body she would scream- so again we were confirmed our belief that she was just wanting us, there is nothing wrong with her.  We are doing the right thing (or at least this is our mantra for the next couple of days!)

5:30 Joe fed her a bottle

6:11 put her down- CIO CIO CIO.  By 6:41 she was crying in ten minute cycles (you could tell she was losing steam after this day long fight).  6:51 cry 7:01 cry, finally slept for a chunk of time from about 7:11-7:31.  I was planning to feed at 7:45, so I went ahead and got her up at 7:40.

7:45 feed, very happy when Joe and I were interacting with her- GOOD- SHE STILL LOVES US!!! J

Bath

Bedtime Routine

8:35 put her down

CIO for thirty minutes- we are getting better! 

10:45 Dream Feed, went beautifully and right back down to sleep.

Hopefully we will remember all this tomorrow and not have to start all over again with 2 hours straight of crying!  (we meaning Addison!)

I just PRAY like crazy that Joe and I have the strength to see this through! (and Kathy, Chelsea, and maybe Clint are coming tomorrow night… this means I really really have to be the bad guy and enforce them not rescuing her too J )