I know, I know, I know….but it’s still hard
Sunday, January 31st, 2010I think it is time to start training Eva to sleep through the night and do it in her crib. I know it will be easier if I do it now and it will be harder the longer I wait. I know that it will be better for her as well; she needs to get a good solid 10 hours. I know that she is capable of it and that she can’t possibly be starving and need to nurse 3 times a night. I know, I know, I know.
But I love to snuggle her and smell her breath and feel her pulling on my hair. I love it, I love it, I love it.
It will just get worse and harder so it has to be done. So tonight I didn’t nurse her to sleep; I let her cry but I didn’t leave her alone. I can’t stand the thought of her feeling abandoned and I don’t agree with letting her cry alone in a dark room. So I soothed her and let her cry and I laid by her. So technically she didn’t fall asleep in her crib but she didn’t nurse. It took about a half hour and she was really mad but we did it. It was hard. Now she is in her crib.
Being a parent is quite an adventure. I have all these new emotions that I never expected. Who new I would be depressed about having to give up a restless night for a full nights rest.
Love to you my sweet Eva.
You are a very sweet mother! Good luck!
We went through this issue with Belen. It was really hard because she was our precious little girl. Phil would sleep on the floor by her crib just so she wouldn’t be alone. She still ends up in our bed about 85% of the time. Sometimes, after being with her all day, I sneak in her room while she is so sweetly sleeping and fall asleep to the sound of her breathing. Good luck! Eva is so sweet and delicious that it would be so hard to deny her anything!
I just got done weaning Linc so I can go on a week long vacation. How am I going to leave him? Anyway- I think it was easier on him than it was on me to stop nursing him to sleep. He took it in stride and is a little pro. He still wakes up, but I rock instead of nurse him. Good luck with little Eva!