and so it begins....

[vernacular_life]

Ben is officially turned into a I Hate To Sleep Kid.

We've never had to sleep train him, but the day of his party (technically, day 367) he decided that its more fun to stand up and scream instead of sleeping. That night, it took about 2 1/2 hours to get him to sleep.

Last night, it was about 45 minutes, so at least that's an improvement.

Right now, he's shreiking and we're on Nap Attempt #3.

Here's what we do:
-lay him down, pat back/tummy (whatever's up)
-he sits up and starts crying before I leave the room.
-he pulls self up and starts screaming.
-I got back in a few minutes later, lay him down, offer him some water, and we repeat #1 again.



I know that this is just a phase by PLEASE let this pass quickly. I know he's just excited about his new skills (just pulled himself up last week), and may be going through some seperation anxiety, but LORD of HELL this sucks.

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party and photo session update later.....hopefully once he naps.....

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at night, he's waking up at around midnight, but goes back to sleep after I give him some water. He'll wake up around 5-6 and I'll nurse him, then he'll pass out again until around 7.


if ANYONE told me that a 12 month old would sleep worse than a 5 month old, I'd say that they were nuts!!

He does have a bit of a cold, but he's NEVER acted like this before. Usually the minute we put him in bed, he'll rolll to his side, start sucking on his fingers and we won't hear a peep out of him. Now, its "hey, lets get on hands and knees and pull up!"

I'm getting the Ferber book out of the library for some tips....hopefully!!!