Yesterday was a bit of a tough... I sort of had a break down. It's been about two and a half months of constantly holding Laila and caring for her - the longest I had been away from her was about an hour or two... and I think I just met my melting point. I just got frustrated and had to put her down and walk away and then I cried. I was just so frustrated because I had not slept well the previous night, and Laila just wouldn't sleep in her crib. Enzio took Laila and gave me the day off, which I really, really needed. I went to the mall with my cousin and bought Laila a dress for Passover and a cute jumper with the rest of this baby gap gift card I had. I ate ice cream, had pizza. It was awesome. Afterwards I came home and rearranged the bedroom so that our bed is against the wall, and I put Laila's co-sleeper by the wall, so that Enzio and I can cuddle again.
I think that I need to take a step back from this whole crib thing. Laila is only two months old and she might just still be too young. I just have to let things be as they are and accept them and be okay with it. Maybe it will take awhile for her to sleep in her crib, but if I keep slowly working on it then eventually it will happen. I have some ideas to hopefully ease the transition though. I'm sleeping with her sheet, having her play in her crib everyday, putting on white noise, plus I'm going to make her bedtime routine more of, well, a routine. I'm going to try giving her a bath at night, swaddle her, and read her a story. She doesn't have trouble going to sleep, only staying asleep, but still, maybe it will help. I'm also going to try and train her to be better at keeping her pacifier in her mouth. I read that while babies are awake with the pacifier in their mouth, you just gently pull on it so that they suck on it harder - do this ten times every once in a while for a few days and it will train them to keep the pacifier in their mouth better. I'm working on that- though half the time Laila just lets me take it right out of her mouth with no struggle at all.
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