Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Why can't motherhood be easier?
So Kasey had his 9 month check-up yesterday and the Dr and I had quite a talk. First, Kasey is 20lbs and has been the same weight since late November. For those of you who don't know, Kasey has not exactly been sleeping well lately (as in waking up every stinking hour all night long!) So the doctor told me to let him cry it out since he was obviously getting enough food. Well, I am a complete sucker when it comes to my kids and crying. I hate the idea of letting a baby cry themselves to sleep (I am not talking about a little fussing I mean the full on cry that tears your heart out). I didn't need to let Cameron cry it out till he was over a year and then it was only to get him to go to sleep at the start of the night. This was pretty easy 20 min the first night, 5 the second 30 sec the third. Kasey is NOT Cameron. So, I am looking for some support form you guys! I need to know that the 2-3 hours of screaming is going to get better and that my child will not hate me in the morning and that no permanent damage is being done. I know it may sound silly, but Kasey's reflux when he was little was sooo bad that his crying was associated with pain and I was the only one who made him feel better and could keep him calm. Now I just have to let him cry and it goes against everything inside me. So any advice you could give would be greatly appreciated.
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It gets better. And it is better to do it now then to wait until later---because at this point it will only get worse. I think it is easiest to start with crying it out at night because you know they are tired. And I am with you about the whole pain thing. I worry about Mallory walking all over us with that because so much of her crying has been associated with pain. (Have you tried giving him reflux meds again to see if he is still having issues?)
I'm so sorry, Kelli. What a hard thing to have to do. I know it would be killing me, too. I remember having some of those moments now and then, where we tried to let our boys cry it out, and it was always hard to do. And especially when there is reflux involved. Good luck with it all. Hang in there! You are such a great mommy :)
See you on Jerry Springer one day K. I'll be next to you on the stage.
Jer
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