Well this is a lot of fun........NOT!

As I mentioned in a previous post, Sam was sick last week. He slept terribly when he was sick as I am sure most babies or all of us do. On Saturday night he actually slept in my arms as I sat in the recliner all night. Well, the terrible sleeping continues. I am Sam's pacifier and I am done. He was waking up every 2-3 hours and in previous months he actually used

 to eat but the last few days I have noticed he is just sucking for a minute and then falling back to sleep. I'm sure he was just using me as a comfort previous months as well but it helped me rationalize getting up with him so just go with me here OK? :)  He use to get up every 4-6 hours or longer so that was  little bit more manageable but still probably unnecessary. Too late now, So, last night after he woke up about 10:30 and I was feeding him I decided that I was done feeding him every 3 or so hours at night. 

As I sat there feeding him last night I was thinking that the Wasatch Back Relay is coming up very quickly and I am not going to be here to "feed him/be his pacifier" and so we may as well let him cry it out now so that he and Dan can have a peaceful nights sleep while I am gone. Not sure how he is going to eat when he does wake up but I'm not going to worry about that quite yet. One step at a time right?

So, here I sit at 6:05 AM listening to my child scream his guts out. Well, actually he isn't as hysterical now but still crying pretty good. He has been crying since 4:45 AM so yes, it has been a very long almost hour and a half. He woke up at about 2:00AM and I "fed" him then but no more mister nice guy. It really does kill me when I know all I have to do is go in there and give him what he wants but who learns from that right? I'm pretty sure every person that told me to just "let him cry it out" told me their kids cried from anywhere from 10-60 minutes. Sam is super stubborn. Dan and I noticed this months ago. We let him cry himself to sleep and it took a good hour sometimes. I did this thinking that he would be a great sleeper. He actually was for a couple months, he use to go down great. But as of late, we can't just put him in his crib anymore, I don't know what the problem is but it is super frustrating. He screams, and I mean screams bloody murder. I'm not really sure what we are going to do when he starts standing up and screaming and jumping in the $25 crib we bought at a yard sale. It isn't a terrible crib but not very sturdy. I actually think Dan is wishing he would have listened to me in the first place and just paid the money for a nice crib we could have for all kids. I hate to say I told you so but.........Hopefully if we tough it out and don't give in he will get the point and just go to sleep but who knows. 

Now, an hour and a half later I think he may have fallen back to sleep. Unfortunately it is now close to the time he wakes up for the day so he will probably be waking up again soon but at least he did fall back to sleep without sucking.  Wish us luck in what I am sure is going to be a very long weekend. It will be worth it right? right people? Heaven help us and our stubborn child whom we love oh so much!!!!!

I will be sure to provide an update of how it all went or is going as I sit and listen to him cry at 2 AM in the morning. I actually feel better after typing so maybe I will have to do that this weekend. There may be a bunch of new posts coming up. 

Oh and if you have any recommendations, advice or encouragement please share.