So with the encouragement of my sis-in-law Jill, I decided to make Carter cry it out the other day. Man, that was SO hard! I was jumping out of my skin and it took a lot of self control to not go in there and get him. I put him to bed at 7:45 on Friday night and he cried for an HOUR before he finally fell asleep. (But I hear that's actually pretty good compared to other kids.) The next night my sister Melinda watched the kids and she put him to bed and he went down without crying at all. Then Sunday night we put him to bed and he cried for about five minutes and was done. Last night he went down at a good time without crying at all. Yay!
I guess the poor kid forgot how to soothe himself to sleep and he just needed to figure it out and the only way I could do that was to stop comforting him and rocking him to sleep. I know a lot of parents might think that's not the right way to do it, but it works.
7 comments:
it does work. stick to ur guns mom.
that's what I had to do with Evan!
Yea--you get your evenings back!
Tough love works best. I am still impressed that you can get them to go down so early.
You go girl!!! I am so proud of you!!!! I know it was hard but, he is sleeping and he can do it on his own. Tell Carter to give himself a pat on his back. By the way, you give your self a pat on the back Too!!!!!
That's what we had to do, too. He forgot for a little while how to put himself to sleep and we had to "remind" him again! Glad it worked for you! : )
I had to do this one time with each of my kids. There is nothing wrong with it. One other thing I have learned over the years - if you are in charge of sleeping and eating, there are lots of other battles you wll never have to fight. Children whose parents are in charge of their eating and sleeping know that their parents are in charge. Good job, Mom!
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