Nursed every 45-90 minutes last night until about 3am when that didn’t even put her to sleep. Brian came to my rescue and bounced her to sleep for an hour. Then I nursed her again. Then she slept for two hours in a row! Felt wonderful.
Last two times I tried letting her cry, she cried non-stop for over 2 hours and didn’t fall asleep until I nursed her. So I have no game plan except wait it out and pray at this point!
I’m too cute to cry, right???
P.s. Over the last three weeks, Carolyn has learned to sit up on her own, cut two teeth, and demands to be fed big people food. She needs some practice on the eating, though… there is way more enthusiasm than skill. The food goes IN the mouth, sweetie!
Oh, Rachel. I feel your pain. Our first two kids were terrible sleepers until months after they turned one. Honestly, it’s one of the reasons we first looked into adoption… I didn’t think I could handle another baby because of sleep deprivation inducted insanity. Of course, I knew that even adopting an older child wouldn’t guarantee sleep-filled nights, but at least it was a better shot than a newborn, right?! We have been very blessed with a third bio daughter and adopted son who have been relative sleeping champs. Still I remember those hazed over days where you can barely stumble through the day and night (because night obviously isn’t down time) and your emotions are ragged and you are still a mom and have to give and give and give when you feel like there’s nothing there to give. I often thought, this young children stage would be so great if I didn’t constantly feel like I’d been run over by a truck. I really don’t know what to say except to send you a virtual hug and acknowledge that what you are facing is HARD! Sending up a prayer for you too. I have to admit it was a difficult time faith-wise for me too because I sent up so many prayers for sleep or for the grace to be a good parent if I couldn’t get sleep and both prayers seemed to be answered by with no’s.
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