Got the Bean to sleep around 8:30 pm. He woke up three times before midnight. Each time I nursed him back to sleep like usual. He woke at midnight I nursed him for about a minute and told him milk is all done and milk go night night. Tried to comfort him back to sleep by singing our lullaby song and patting his back. No good. I picked him up and walked/bounced/sang to him, told him I loved him and it was time to sleep, and cried with him. He pushed against me and cried a lot, gagged, and did those little sobs that completely break my heart. He finally fell asleep. Tired from carrying him, I sat in the rocker and he woke up. More walking/bouncing/singing/crying. He fell asleep again. Back to the rocker. Again, he woke up, but I was able to get him back to sleep by rocking him. We moved back to bed and I was able to get him to sleep with minimal crying. This took about an hour. He woke up two hours later, at 3 am. I nursed him for a minute, told him milk all done and milk go night night, sang to him, held him and he fell back to sleep and slept until 6 am!! That is the most sleep we've had in a row since he was 5 months old! I nursed him at six for about 15 minutes. He woke and nursed again at 8 am, then slept until 10 am. Poor guy, I guess the rough night took a toll on him. He woke up in a really good mood and wasn't any anymore needy or whiny than he has been the last few weeks. Last night really made me feel hopeful that we can do this! I asked my best friends and my mom to pray for us all last week and I think it really made a difference.
Night Two
Nursed the Bean to sleep. He was asleep by about 9, woke up at 11. I nursed him as usual. He woke up at midnight. I nursed him for a minute and he went back to sleep easily, with very little fussing. Woke up again at 2 am, lots of tears, walking, bouncing, rocking until 4 am. He slept from 4-6. Nursed at six, like usual. Honestly, I don't remember if he woke up at 8 am or not. It's kind of fuzzy. He woke around 10 and nursed like a crazy man, we cuddled a lot and around 11 he was ready to start the day.
