Okay, so for all you moms out there......I need to talk. Ruby is 6 months old and has never slept more than 5 hours at night. My doctor says I need to let her learn how to go to sleep on her own. Yes, I am guilty of nursing her and rocking her to sleep. I decided to start tonight and am trying to stay strong. She is crying hysterically and has been for 15 mintues. I want to run up and get her, but I know it will only make it worse in the long run. I have to leave the house! Tell me some success stories....am I doing the right thing??!!
Can you believe my mom is letting me cry all alone in my semi-dark room?!
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It's well worth it, she'll be okay even if it breaks your heart. Drew only cried for a few nights and then he was fine. Your sanity is well worth it!!
Hi Michelle. I don't know if you remember me (Janae Webb, now Chandler), but I was excited to see you have a blog. I wanted to comment because I just went through this a couple of months ago with our daughter. Letting her "cry it out" was so hard for me. I needed lots of encouragement from Josh about how this was really good for her, and that as parents we have the responsibility to teach her to sleep on her own. But like the last commentor said it really does work. It took me a while to get up the courage to let her cry herself to sleep. (It probably took 45 min the first time she actually fell asleep and I never had the heart to let it go that long before.) But after that first time it was so much easier. Since she has been a lot better about napping and sleeping through the night. I think it is so good for her not to be as exhausted during the day. Although it was so difficult, I am really glad we did it and for a supportive husband who helped me cope with the whole thing. So that is my story.
Hey Michelle I can't believe that it is really you. I swear to you I was thinking of you yesterday wondering what ever happened to you, and lo and behold you send me an email to your blog!! Life is so weird like that. Anyways your family is super cute and it seems like life is going really well for you. So where exactly are you living? Are you down in Provo? I miss Utah so much and would love to hike the Y just so I could be there.
Good luck with your little girl, the sleeping thing is really hard. Im not the person to give advice my little boy didn't sleep through the night until he was about 13 months old, which was miserable.
It is really fun to hear from you and I look forward to future posts!
Yay!!! I'm so glad you have this blog. I miss you. I was thinking about you just yesterday. Talking to you in my mind =)
FYI Melissa's getting married! She asked me to get both yours and Jolisa's address. We, of course, already have your mom's.
Love you so much!
Ruby, what a cute name! =) Good luck with that crying/sleeping thing, being a mom must be so hard.
Michelle, your kids are beautiful! And hello, you look amazing too!
Michelle, maybe you remember me from high school? anyway, I read about your plight with the sleeping (or non-sleeping) baby. I just want to let you know that though it is hard, it is more than worth it. I did this with both my kids when they were about 4 months old and have never regretted it. My daughter is now 3 and I can count on one hand the number of times she has been up in the middle of the night since (besides when she is sick.) Not only that, but both my kids, 3 and 1, go to bed at 7pm each night and sleep until 6am. I promise that she won't remember it, and it will help her to get the rest she needs, not to mention you. Good luck!!!!
i have added you to the class blog, thanks for finding us and send others our way!
your daughter has so much hair!!! Cute, cute!
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