Re: follow-up on mean mommy post

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Kellie

I know how you feel! It is sooo hard to hear your little one

crying! I hate it so much. Mya has always been a really good

sleeper. Lately i think shes been testing me cause only at night will

she cry when I put her to put. Up untill now shes always layed down

and went right to sleep (shes 10 months old) But now for the past

week she will cry only for about 15 minutes but that 15 minutes seems

like an eternity. Ive learned from my daughter chloe that Im not

about to go into her room and get her out cause it will just make it

worse. Chloe was always a terrible sleeper (age 4 now) And even till

this day it is a struggle to get her to stay in bed and go to sleep

and she still on occassion wakes me up in th emiddle of the night

just for a hug or to say I love you. With my son (age 7 now)

my husband put him in his crib at 6 weeks old did you read that 6

WEEKS OLD and let him cried I was soooo upset. My husband stood by

the door and wouldnt let me go in I cried and cried my poor sweet

innocent little helpless boy lay in there crying. It only took about

15 minutes and he was asleep. It took only one night of this and he

has slept threw the night ever since. He is now a great sleeper.

Goes to bed when he is told and never any problems. Although I

wouldnt reccommend that route cause it was pure torture to me. But

Mya always went to bed easily. At first she feel asleep nursing and

then Id lay her down but as she got bigger I just developed a routine

with her and layed her down and there was never any fussing. My

personal oppinion is some children are harder to get to sleep then

others. Mya and are easy sleepers they are also very passive

mild mannered children. My chloe who is a terrible sleeper is high

strung, strong willed and very emotional. Soooo I dont even know

where I was going with all of this. But any way I know where you are

at. Many many many nights I had to listen to chloe cry. and Now

recently with Mya. But they wont hate you for it. My kids love me to

death and have never showed in any way that they thought I was mean

for leaving them cry to sleep. They were always happy to see me when

the awoke from there sleep refresshed and ready to go. Hand in there.

Christi mom to MYA (DOC band 3/6/02)

> Okay. I just wrote that post five minutes ago, and he did fall

asleep! Yay!

> The crying went away and I just checked on the poor guy and he was

clutching

> his teddy bear and in a kneeling position with his forehead up

against the

> crib...poor thing. And when I moved him to a lying position, he

started

> crying again, but fell back asleep.

>

> Maybe we've made some progress!

>

> kellie