as we are going through all the motions and mentally preparing ourselves for the possibilty of having another wee one running around, it seems as though the little dino may have his own ideas...
he went in for his 9 month check up on monday and his pediatrician had some ideas and suggestions about the way we are handling some situations. first, and i know its terrible, but the baby is not only in our room, but currently in our bed. we know he should be in his own room, and i honestly have tried, but with him not feeling well and taking medications, i just felt like he should be closer to us... thats all over and now its just hard because the hubs works the crazy hours and it would be difficult on the two of them to never see each other. anyway, its a work in progress. :) she (pediatrician) also thinks that he should be sleeping through the night without any wake ups for a bottle. he currently wakes up between 5 and 6 am to have a bottle.
last night i decided to tackle at least one of these issues. last night i also i came to the realization that this is much easier said than done.
so avery wakes up around 4:45, a little earlier than normal but thats ok because i am ready. he starts to wiggle around some and cry a bit, but i quickly give him the binky back and talk him back to sleep. at this point i actually think what im doing is going to work. silly me. not 10 minutes later he wakes back up, this time with a vengence... he then proceeds to scream like someone has physically hurt him. im starting to feel bad for him and thinking about giving him the bottle when all of a sudden he completely stops crying and looks over to me to see what im gonna do... it is then that i realize that he is faking it, so i make the decision that i am totally not going to give in. after about 10 seconds he begins to cry and scream again for another 10 minutes when he stops and 'checks' on me. this goes on for what seems like an eternity but in actuality is only an hour, i have a terrible headache, im worried about him waking the neighbors, and im worried about his throat due to the incessant screaming. im starting to wonder if we are going to be able to handle another baby right now...
i give him the bottle.
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LOL, love the war count ;) In due time. We had to do the CIO (cry it out) method to get Noah to sleep in his crib without first falling asleep in our arms and then ever so gently putting him in the crib without waking him up. It was a little struggle. For now, maybe you should start pushing the bottle up about 10 min every other day till he is used to a later time of receiving the bottle. Good luck!
thats a good idea mary! maybe i will try that... trick him a little bit. ha ha!
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