Ok so Kadin slept till 7 am. Amazing. All night he slept. WOW! We thought "This just might work."
Then today happened.
8:30 am Kadin appears very tired. OK, well we decide this must be his morning nap..altho somewhat early. We shall do the method. One hour later, after a solid hour of crying non-stop, we take him out of the bed to go downtown. Oh did I mention I quit my job? Kadin instantly falls asleep in his car seat.
We get back from DT and head to Liquidation World - where Mommy snagged an awesome puppy lamp for Kadin - and then home for Kadin's lunch.
He would eat next to nothing and was extremely cranky. Next we do laundry. Hasan and Kadin go to return mommy's awesome puppy lamp which turned out to have no mouth and mommy starts laundry. Did I mention we go to the laundrymat for this?
When Hasan and Kadin return, seems Kadin once again went to sleep in his car seat but only for a moment. He had to come in the laundry with mommy and Abu.
When we get home from the grocery store after the laundry - still following? - Kadin is yet again asleep in the car seat. We gently bring him in and lay him in his crib. The crying begins and continues for one hour. Now its supper time.
Kadin eats nothing - well next to nothing and is only calmed by his after supper bottle.
He hangs out with us and plays. Then its our turn to eat. Kadin falls asleep in his bouncer toy while standing. YES STANDING!! We cave and put him in his playpen to sleep. At 7:44 pm we wake him for his bath. He cries the whole way through it. Very unusual. Cries while getting dressed. While being diapered. While being talked to. *sigh*
He won't eat so we decide its bedtime and give him his bottle. When its gone Kadin decides the wants to play.
Fu.....dag nabbit I mean....I had to say thats enough.
He hasnt really eaten in two days. He can't speak because his throat is torn from crying. He hasnt had NEAR enough sleep and NOw he can't be left alone!!!
This Ferber guy may be right but my heart can't take it. I understand the goal is for Kadin to be getting at least 15 hours of sleep out of 24. Well I will find some other way to do it! I swear. No evening nap and earlier nights. Something...anything...rather then listen to my sweet little guy cry until he is doing the gasping cry and then coughing and gagging cause he can't get control of it. FORGET IT! The doc even says that some kids throw up and not to be alarmed or feel guilty...its just natural. My god are you mad?
Not gonna do it. I don't care if *I* ever sleep. I will not listen to those sounds anymore. He is our child and together we will find a way for him to get all his sleep without him having to wonder why mommy and abu are treating him that way.
And now to top it all off Kadin won't even stay in his fuc....damn crib. *SIGH*
Don't get me wrong. Next kid, at 3 months, I will do as Dr. Ferber says but this time we waited too long. We made a mistake. I believe Kadin is too old to go through this. And I won't do it to him. He will not suffer because of our laziness, our bad decision making or our lack of experience. Not gonna do it.