I'm sure those who've read ally posts will recall one if my firsts. B was such an easy baby. No teething, no crying, nothing except happy baby. I even had him a bed time at 2 months which stuck by about 4-5 months.
Ahh how proud I was. "My 4month old has a bedtime.", "you should try it, it will change your life." . Yep I was that naive.
Now I have L. My wonderful, adorable, funny, sweet boy L. He's just over 5 months old. Of course he has a bedtime right? HA!! Don't get me wrong I try. Every night we try. We snuggle and we nurse and I put him down and his eyes pop open and he cries. So we snuggle and we nurse and he sleeps so I put him down and his eyes pop open and he cries some more. There have been times Ill take a few minutes and let him cry so I can regroup and not go in feeling so defeated. But he doesn't CIO he gets mighty mad but doesn't CIO. A few times I've given him bottles of breast milk to try and help his sleep along with minimal success. Pumping takes more energy than I have patience for with B running around.
But here's the thing. Even though it hadn't worked, I keep trying. One day, hopefully,he'll stay asleep. Then maybe soon after that it will become a regular thing. Eventually I will be going back to work. The boys will have to be woken for daycare and it would be a lot better if L wasn't up until 10-11pm the night before. Not just him but me also. I will be going back to work. I will need to wake up and function at work as well as at home. I'll need sleep too.
But alas my point. Here I was, with my easy baby, trying to give advice on how to get your babies to sleep. Turns out I'm just like everyone else ;)
Babies have a mind of their own. If your baby is a good sleeper, cherish it. ❤️
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