I need some! Ok, moms out there, I need advice...obviously. Susanna is still rocked to sleep for naps and night time. I NEED her to go to sleep on her own. Drew was so good at this, granted, we started him much earlier. I can handle her crying because I know it is only because she wants me to hold her (although, I DO love to snuggle her). I'm mainly afraid that she will keep Drew from sleeping or wake him up if he already is if I just let her cry it out. There rooms are right next door. Has any one had this same dilemma? How did you handle it?! This girl has got to be more independent...all the baby sleep book authors out there would be shaking their finger at me saying I should have done this A LONG TIME AGO!
Seriously, any comments or advice is welcome...unless you are going to fuss at me too ;)
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Okay, I'll brave a suggestion. I say if you are strong enough then let her cry. I understand your fear of her waking her brother, and she very well might. The good thing is that she will learn VERY quickly that you are not going to pick her up. This crying process will get shorter and shorter each time. Start with her first nap of the day and hopefully by that night it will be better. The next day keep at it. And you can go in and give her a paci if she takes one every 5 minutes or so to maybe help with some of the noise. In my opinion, having Drew wake up and have to be put back down is worth it for a few nights in order to have Susanna learn to self-soothe to sleep. And ignore the finger waggers! Every mom should do things in their own way and in their own time.
I'm a firm believer in letting your kids cry it out. I know it gets harder the longer you put it off so the sooner you can bring yourself to do it, the better. With my boys, the naps would always create the MOST crying. By night time, they were usually exhausted and only cried a little bit...if much at all. Their rooms were right next door to each other and it never seemed to bother Boston. I've always tried to make noise and things while they were sleeping so they wouldn't get used to always PEACE AND QUIET every time they slept because sometimes that's just not possible. I will say that now they share a room and every now and then Hudson wakes up crying and Boston might wake up but usually goes right back to bed. Sometimes we've even just let him sleep in our bed until Hudson stopped and then transferred him back to his own room later. You might be surprised..it may not even phase him when he is sleeping. Maybe lay her down first, let her cry it out and in the meantime lay Drew down that way the noise has already started? Although, I'm not sure what your kids schedules are like. Its not easy and I absolutely HATE the crying out process but it is TOTALLY worth it and a LIFE saver. A week or so of crying it out is just a small moment in time compared to all those othe peaceful nights to come.;)
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