Night weaning
Well, we've begun the process of night weaning. I just couldn't take being a human pacifier anymore. Plus, I think it's about time Jimmy learned to get to sleep on his own if he wakes up in the middle of the night. For once, he's not sick, I'm not sick, Tom's in town to help, and we're not travelling any time soon.
The new rule is no nursing after going to sleep until I'm ready for bed at 11pm. So, 4 hours. Jimmy is more than capable of doing this. I'm fine with nursing him as much as he wants during the day, or when I'm asleep in bed with him - although he's getting his own bed soon, too, one that I can nurse him to sleep in, as soon as we have enough saved up. So tonight when he woke up at 8:20pm, I went up there, tried to calm him down, but said no milk, even when he signed milk please. It about broke my heart. He was SO MAD. He cried and cried and screamed like somebody was killing him. Non-stop for almost an hour. Then on and off for another half hour. I just stayed with him, singing or talking, or eventually just laying beside him and holding him. Tom took a 10 minute shift as well, to give me a break. He's asleep now, finally, but taking those little sobbing breaths in his sleep. I hate to do it, but it is so time. I gave him a full year of whatever he needed, and now it's just making me crazy. Plus, his cries just aren't upsetting me as much as they used to - I think it's nature's way of telling me to do what I need to do. And I would like to be able to get out of the house every once and awhile with friends, and babysit and stuff.
God I just hope he doesn't hate me!!! And I hope it actually helps him sleep better.
Other than this, we've had a good day. This morning we had a few friends over for a playdate, and the neighbors also came over to hang out for a few minutes. It was nice, a good break from being at home. Jimmy managed to stay up until 11:30am, but he was pretty cranky about it. After folks left, he was down for a nap in less than 5 minutes. I actually had a chance to get some yard work done, for a change. Then in the afternoon, Alessandra and I went for a crazy long walk - an hour and a half. We walked all over. I really need a jogging stroller, though, for all these trails in the woods! We have some really nice places to walk around my house, I had no idea.
I hope Jimmy sleeps well tonight.
Here is a cute picture I took while he was playing in the tunnel after the walk today!
The new rule is no nursing after going to sleep until I'm ready for bed at 11pm. So, 4 hours. Jimmy is more than capable of doing this. I'm fine with nursing him as much as he wants during the day, or when I'm asleep in bed with him - although he's getting his own bed soon, too, one that I can nurse him to sleep in, as soon as we have enough saved up. So tonight when he woke up at 8:20pm, I went up there, tried to calm him down, but said no milk, even when he signed milk please. It about broke my heart. He was SO MAD. He cried and cried and screamed like somebody was killing him. Non-stop for almost an hour. Then on and off for another half hour. I just stayed with him, singing or talking, or eventually just laying beside him and holding him. Tom took a 10 minute shift as well, to give me a break. He's asleep now, finally, but taking those little sobbing breaths in his sleep. I hate to do it, but it is so time. I gave him a full year of whatever he needed, and now it's just making me crazy. Plus, his cries just aren't upsetting me as much as they used to - I think it's nature's way of telling me to do what I need to do. And I would like to be able to get out of the house every once and awhile with friends, and babysit and stuff.
God I just hope he doesn't hate me!!! And I hope it actually helps him sleep better.
Other than this, we've had a good day. This morning we had a few friends over for a playdate, and the neighbors also came over to hang out for a few minutes. It was nice, a good break from being at home. Jimmy managed to stay up until 11:30am, but he was pretty cranky about it. After folks left, he was down for a nap in less than 5 minutes. I actually had a chance to get some yard work done, for a change. Then in the afternoon, Alessandra and I went for a crazy long walk - an hour and a half. We walked all over. I really need a jogging stroller, though, for all these trails in the woods! We have some really nice places to walk around my house, I had no idea.
I hope Jimmy sleeps well tonight.
Here is a cute picture I took while he was playing in the tunnel after the walk today!