So since we came back from Newf Kadin never sleeps through the night. We thought it was the trip, we thought it was some 6 month thing we heard about and now we are telling ourselves its because he is teething.
To make it through these nights of him waking anywhere from 3-5 am we started taking him into our bed. SHHH I don't wanna hear those sounds of "Oh that's too bad..."
And now it happens everynight. Every night at about 4:30-5 our little guy wakes and the ONLY thing that makes him happy is to sleep next to his mom or abu.
So I decided a few nights ago that I would let him cry through it and then Kadin would know he had to stay in his bed.
MY GOD who are the parents who can do this? I can't. I simply cannot. I tried. I really gave the best I had. I gave him some water, I rocked him, I rubbed his back but always with the same outcome. Him frantically crying and trying desperately to get out of his crib and look at me...sobbing...sobbing madly!
Someone told Has the other day that we would regret having him come to our bed and we should stop it now while we can. Apparently that guys kid slept with them till he was 2.
I have read the books and I have listened to the advice about letting him cry till he can sleep on his own and stay in his own bed, but I admit it...I'm not gonna do it.
So which makes me the bad mother?? Letting him cry and sob madly while looking at me and not understanding why his mommy just won't pick him up and let him sleep next to her?? Even though I know in the long run it is the best thing to do. Or does it make me a bad mother to selfishly want him to sleep in the bed with me and be happy and content? Even if he does it till he gets his own bed.
An aunt once told me she let her boys sleep with her in her and my uncles bed and it was never really a big deal and once they got their own bed they were actually excited about it.
Two years isn't that long.
Posted by at April 22, 2004 07:17 PM