I am writing this blog to distract myself from the baby crying in the next room. It hurts.
However, it is his nap time, and after tending to all his physical needs, I'm attempting to practice the suggestion of Dr. Marc Weissbluth, author of "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" and putting Michael to sleep when it's nap time, and not letting him convince me that it's time to play. Ugh. It hurts.
He's not hungry, he's got a clean diaper, and he has been burped. He's swaddled up tight. Michael just doesn't want to be alone. But he needs to sleep.He's been up for two hours, and he's showing signs of being tired: droopy eyes, yawning, etc. I put him to bed with his eyes closed, but he opened them again a few minutes after laying him down.
His cries seem to be telling me, "Mommy, I want to sleep, but not by myself. Hold me!"
But baby Michael needs to learn to take naps in his crib....right? A well-rested child is a happier child, right?
Well, I'll give him a few more minutes of crying and then I'll go in there and ask him what he needs. I just don't want to go in there because what I will find will be tears on my baby's cheeks that I put there because I didn't hold him all the time like he wanted to be held.
It hurts!!
5-Minute Later Update: He broke free of his swaddle...that's why he was mad. I re-swaddled him and now he's sleeping. Time for a shower!
2 comments:
I know that it is hard, especially in the beginning, to leave a crying baby, crying. I feel for your sanity that there will be found that happy medium for you all. It is okay, and it is good lung excercise for babies to cry a while, even if it does tug at your heartstrings.
You are doing such a wonderful job in your very loving motherhood.
HE won't let you down.
Aw... Kim I bet that's harder on you than it is him.
You're doing a good job!
That swaddle thing is such an important thing in his care isn't it... who woulda thunk...
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