Last night we decided to put Declan to bed a half hour earlier. It wasn't any easier than normal but it wasn't any worse. DH gave him a bath, read him a few books and gave him some milk before putting him in his crib awake at 8:00pm. Declan wanted nothing to do with that so he wailed for about 20 minutes. I only caved once in the 20 minutes so I think I did okay.
11:00 PM - Declan woke up screaming bloody murder. He's still a bit sick so I went up and gave him some milk. I know, I'm a sucker but I don't want him to get dehydrated. As soon as he was done I put him back in his crib. He stood up right away, stretched his arms out to me and cried, "mama". Talk about breaking a mother's heart. I decided to sit on his floor beside his crib to convince him to lie down. It worked pretty quickly to my surprise. I rubbed his back and sang to him for a few minutes then left the room.
I thought he was asleep but as soon as I got to the bottom of the stairs he was wailing again. I didn't go back up again right away because I was starting to get a little frustrated at that point. With a few brief visits without picking him up he was asleep 45 minutes later! oh my
3:58 AM - Declan woke up! Again I gave him some milk and put him back to bed. I did the sit on the floor and sing thing again which actually worked! He was fast asleep and I didn't have to bring him into bed with us. DH has been doing that again since he's been sick. I guess we know who gives in easier...LOL
7:45 AM - Declan woke up. DH brought him into bed (we di this every morning) so I could nurse him then they went downstairs for some breakfast. I got to sleep in for a bit. YEAH!!!Declan also took an hour nap this afternoon. I'm pretty happy. I think it would have been longer but DH was doing some renovations and it woke Declan up.
I know that a lot of people will think that this is nothing but with what I've been through in the past week, this has been an improvement. I can only hope that it gets better.
more tomorrow