Cry it out update

I'm not going to lie, I barely gave this one a try. I just couldn't do it. I hate hearing my little baby cry, especially when simply picking him up will stop it. I like to tell myself that we gave this one a whole hearted try simply to nix it as a cure to the bedtime madness.


We started bedtime a normal, a bath with the fancy Johnson & Johnson night time stuff with lavender, followed by the same fancy lotion then a bottle. His night time bottles used it be 5 ounces with 2 baby spoons of cereal but we've recently upped it to 8 ounces with 2 baby spoons of cereal, more often than not he finishes it all. After his bottle he was still ready to party, at 8:30 pm after being up 12 hours with no naps, He was so exhausted, I as at my its and with what to do with him. I rocked him which did no good, tried the swing which was a failure also. Finally at nearly 9:45 I gave him some more milk and with a full bell and clean diaper I laid him in him crib with the paci & singing seahorse hoping and praying he'd fall asleep That was the night of unanswered prayers in our house.. I gave him 5 minutes before I went in to comfort him. This went on for what felt like forever, but in reality only 20 minutes had passed. I finally gave up and brought him in to my bed, sat down and bounced while simultaneously holding his paci in with my chin and patting his butt until he fell asleep. 10 minutes later he was finally asleep and I was crying out of sheer frustration and exhaustion.


After seeing his poor sad over tired face looking up at me from the crib I couldn't do this again. It broke my heart to see him so sad, all he wants in mommy to hold him. I did order some essential oils that are said to aid with sleep and they should be in in a few weeks. I'll try those and review them for you!