There are a few solutions I could be doing to help this out: (1) I could go to bed earlier (2) take a nap during the day (3) let Levi cry it out.
I have good intentions of going to bed early but a book will usually sidetrack me. Taking a nap has happened a couple of times and we have actually been trying to do #3 - crying it out.
Last night we were going to be strong and let him cry it out ~ he does need to learn how to put himself back to sleep. Last night, as Tycen and I stayed up till 11:30 (that's late for me), I prayed that Levi would just sleep through the night. My prayer was not answered.
He woke-up at 1 am-ish. We let him cry for 30 minutes. Then Tycen got up with him held, fed, rocked and song to him and he feel asleep in his arms but once he was laid in his crib he awoke and started crying again.
We let him cry for another 30 minutes. I was tired. During the 30 minutes I could hear him crying and I kept on dreaming that I was getting up and taking care of him only to wake-up to find myself still snuggled in my warm bed. We both got up - for reals, not dreaming, and held, fed, rocked and song to Levi and again he feel asleep in our arms. We were crawling, and I was almost crying with tiredness, into our bed at 3:18.
Levi, our sweet sweet son, what are we going to do with you?
Pictures and video of our sweet Levi
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And why does it never seem to impact them like it does us? They still function, run, jump, squeal, explore...I have had those same exact days (gosh, I hope they sleep tonight...zzzz WAAAAAAAAAA!) NOT the most pleasant experience, to say the least. Hang in there.
Ryan and David were both up at 3 this morning. By the time they were both back to sleep, we were both wide awake. At least I got my paperwork done...We have been trying so hard to break the 4am wakeup from David, too.
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