Tonight has went much better than last night. We did something a little different this time: we put Nicholas to bed at 10 instead of 9. We tried to get him as tired as possible without him being ill. He cried a little but it was about 2 minutes or less. He played with his toy phone in his crib and then went off to sleep.
Mariah said he didn't cry at all this afternoon for his nap but he played with his phone before going to sleep.
We probably just put him to bed too early last night. Can't help but feel guilty about doing that but there's no way to tell how tired he is. Even as adults we feel really tired and then when we go to lay down for the night we can't get to sleep.
Hopefully, he won't cry at all when we put him in his crib tomorrow night.
I'm glad to hear Nicholas adjusted quickly to going to sleep by himself / on his own. I know how hard it is to let your child "cry it out", but it definitely benefits everyone involved. Your struggles today will pay off for tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI mentioned it to a co-worker and I said I hope he won't cry tonight and he said after only 1 night? I said well it's not like he's never slept by himself before. He has only cried for 15 minutes the last 2 nights and I'd say last night wasn't nearly as bad as the night before. The second night was rough because he was reaching for us when we went in there. Last night we let him fall asleep on Mariah and that didn't seem to cause a problem as he only woke up once (for that 15 minutes). She is thrilled that she gets to do that again too : - )
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