Lifeonreedy

So last night was our first night of trying to instigate some crib sleeping for Sully. How did it go? umm...not so well. He cried a lot and his crying woke him up so he was just wide awake. We kept going in to soothe him and to cuddle him, but as soon as he was laid back down in his crib he would start to cry right away. I made it to 11pm and then once I heard the continuous little choked up inhale he was making I couldn't handle it anymore. He was so so sad to not be with someone. I gladly swooped him up and tucked him into my side to cuddle. He was so sniffily. Now the plan is to integrate him to the crib routine a bit more slowly. Ok- not really a team plan. I think Z would prefer to not rip the band-aide off quite so slowly. And he is right to some extent. I mean I guess that would be less confusing for the child in the end, but I literally get so stressed out to hear him cry that I the tension in the back of my shoulders and neck is so intense that I truly fear I might pop off my head. So we will rip the band-aide off more slowly. I will do a short little bed time routine with him and put him in his crib no later than 7:30pm. And from there I will go into reassure him every so often, but will continue getting big Bro ready for bed. I will do that until my bed time and if he is still crying then I will bring him into my bed. So at least he is getting a little use to it and hopefully we can continue to extend his crib time into the night. We will get there eventually. I think R was two and a half before he really learned to sleep on his own and he still comes to sleep with us most nights. So basically I'm a sucker and I love my boys!