Crying It Out

Chase hasn't been sleeping so hot lately. At night- I should clarify because he sleeps just fine during the day. In fact- he takes exactly the "right" amount of naps.

It doesn't matter if he's "kept awake" in the evening, or if we let him sleep to his hearts content. Once we're home I put him down (doesn't matter if he sleeps thru the ride home or is awake as all get out) he goes right to bed and sleeps.

For about 2-4 hours. He is consistently awake at 2am, and then throughout the evening. It's fun people, let me tell you! What it's not, is FAIR. My peaceful, sweet little boy used to sleep right thru the night. In fact, after the first week or two at home, he did just that! Even when I put him in his own room, in the crib- didn't miss a beat.

Ever since his tenotomy (last surgery) his sleep schedule has been messed up. I hardly think that's a coincidence. Apparently there's a "phase" called the 4 Month Wakeful. Described as "a time when baby has decided the world is too much fun to sleep thru & is awake more often checking it out"- BOLLOCKS! Chase is neither fun nor checking out his new world.

Last night, I did try the CIO (cry it out) method for 30 mins. At 2:30AM- I'm sure my neighbors were thrilled. It broke my heart to do it, but I honestly couldn't think of anything else. On occasion he has CIO when I had to get ready for work & I just put him in his crib. He survived that just fine- but last night after 30 mins couldn't take it & popped in his nuk. Thankfully I think he was too tired to pop it back out like he usually does. Right or wrong, it got 2 hrs of continuous sleep & that was the most I could hope for.

During the day he is great! Smiling, chatting- almost rolling over! But at night he just isn't getting the deep sleep he needs. So frustrating. I'm pouring over the mommy websites, but it looks like it's just something babies go thru & I should count myself lucky that we had some good nights while we did.

Here's hoping for a good night's sleep!
Krista