gypsymom
09-29-2006, 05:18 AM
"Mama mama mama" and moaning.
Last night I did a strict CIO and it seemed like forever before he fell asleep. I almost broke down and nursed him again, but I didn't give in. I can't remember now if it was last night or another night that I had to take his brother out of the pnp because he kept waking him up. He screamed hysterically for the longest time and finally calmed down a bit but kept getting wound up. Eventually I put his brother back in with him and he was so relieved to see Z that he calmed down and went to sleep. This is so hard because they want to sleep together and both go insane if I try to separate them. Z goes right to sleep as long as his brother is there so I don't want to have him CIO over separation. I don't care if they sleep together, I just want L to go to sleep without me and not attack his brother when he can't sleep (Z is amazing and will sleep through the crying, it's just when L rolls over to him and starts pulling on him that he wakes). They always wake up in the middle of the night (anywhere from 12-2) and that's when I'm usually going to bed so being the sucker that I am I just bring them to bed with me, nurse them and go to sleep. Tonight, however, I'm leaving him in there to CIO again, but it's not even crying, it's more like pleading. I don't know if I can take it. The crying is one thing, but how can I deny a baby that's begging "mama mama mama mama"? Is there a smilie for a heart breaking?
Last night I did a strict CIO and it seemed like forever before he fell asleep. I almost broke down and nursed him again, but I didn't give in. I can't remember now if it was last night or another night that I had to take his brother out of the pnp because he kept waking him up. He screamed hysterically for the longest time and finally calmed down a bit but kept getting wound up. Eventually I put his brother back in with him and he was so relieved to see Z that he calmed down and went to sleep. This is so hard because they want to sleep together and both go insane if I try to separate them. Z goes right to sleep as long as his brother is there so I don't want to have him CIO over separation. I don't care if they sleep together, I just want L to go to sleep without me and not attack his brother when he can't sleep (Z is amazing and will sleep through the crying, it's just when L rolls over to him and starts pulling on him that he wakes). They always wake up in the middle of the night (anywhere from 12-2) and that's when I'm usually going to bed so being the sucker that I am I just bring them to bed with me, nurse them and go to sleep. Tonight, however, I'm leaving him in there to CIO again, but it's not even crying, it's more like pleading. I don't know if I can take it. The crying is one thing, but how can I deny a baby that's begging "mama mama mama mama"? Is there a smilie for a heart breaking?