So last week was very hard for me and my new bundle. He cried A LOT! Cried when I put him down, cried when I held him.. just cried! I even took him for a drive at 10:00 at night to get him to go to sleep after trying for 30 minutes! So last night I cried. What am I going to do on Monday without my Dear Hubby to help hold crying baby?
Well Dear Hubby said "Let him cry."
But he's my baby and I can't.
Well I did.
I got him to sleep put him down and within 15 minutes he was awake. I laid him back down, put his blanket on and gave him his pacifier. I left the room.
No crying. Could it be he actually just went back to bed?
No such luck. Crying and screaming began after 5 minutes. He cried for 20 and then slept for 2 hours! A record for him. Wow! Maybe I should let him cry it out more often. He woke up happy and didn't fuss so much the rest of the night.
He is my fourth baby. I should know what to do. But with him he is just so different then the rest.
As I write he just slipped off to dreamland in his Daddy's arms and for me it is bounce, sing, walk, bounce, take a walk, take a drive, cry it out, then he sleeps.
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I'm in the same boat. Honey is waking 1 hour after bedtime and just crying. He's still swaddled to go to sleep and his arms get out, which wake him. But he's so hard to get back to sleep. I've yet to let him cry for more than 5 minutes. But I'm suspecting that the time is approaching when he'll just have to learn. It's so hard to hear them cry!
I agree! Todays afternoon nap, which is taking place right now he only cried it out for 10 minutes! So Hard to hear him cry but he was so tired. Now I need to figure out how to keep the others quiet!
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