Nights two and three
The weaning is going great, I guess. Â The second night was even better than the first, she slept until 3am. Â She’s never slept that long! Â She felt right asleep after just a few minutes, woke again at 6:30, fell right back to sleep and then was up at 8 for the day.
Yesterday afternoon/evening was a little rough, she was pretty whiny and asked to nurse a couple times. We were strong though and didn’t cave. She woke up at 1ish and nothing would calm her down. She ended up not falling completely back to sleep until almost 3, then woke up again around 5ish and gave us more trouble.
When she woke up at 1, I sent my husband in to comfort her, and I don’t know if that is what made it that bad, or if she’s just finally realizing that she hasn’t nursed in a while. Â Nothing was working to comfort her, so I left her in her room to cry for awhile. She kept dozing off and then waking up screaming again, She never screamed for more than 5 minutes at a time, and we went in 3 times between 1 and 3 to comfort her. She did the same thing at 5 when she woke up but it didn’t last as long. On a good note, she woke up at 8 happy and saying “momma! momma!” which she’s NEVER done. She always wakes up screaming.
I’m proud that I managed to not give in and nurse her back to sleep, but I really hope tonight goes better. So far today she’s been kinda fussy too, I’m starting to wonder if there are some teeth coming in causing part of the fussing. We’ll see!
Posted: December 10th, 2009 under Caylee.