Tough Love

WOW.......what a night!!! Kamryn is almost 12 weeks old and really should be sleeping through the night but has yet to do it. This picture was taken in the hospital as a sweet sleeping newborn. This is not happening anymore! She continues to wake several times a night just to be held and put back to sleep. She is normally not hungry because we have tried feeding her and she does not act interested. Last night I decided it was time to show her some tough love. I dreaded the thought of her crying but didn't know any other way. She went to bed around 9:00 and by 11:45 she was back up. I went in to check and make sure she was OK, rubbed her head and told her to go night-night. This is when the crying began. She screamed and cried for an hour and 25 minutes straight. I sat in the living room and cried right along with her! I would go in every 15 minutes, give her the pacifier, rub her head, tell her to go night-night and walk back out. She finally decided to give up and sleep at 1:10 am. It was the hardest thing to do. We went back to bed only to have her awake again at 2:30 ready to eat. I fed her and put her back down for her to be up and ready for the day at 5:45 am. I know we may have to endure several nights of this before she "gets" it but it is torture to have to go to work without any sleep. Hopefully, tonight will be better.

We are also trying to get Savannah to consistently sleep in her own bed. She normally will fall asleep downstairs and we will take her upstairs to her bed. Every once in a while she will make her way back down to our bed. I want to get her on a good sleeping schedule before she starts school. We are going to try a sticker chart. For every night she goes to bed and stays in her own bed she will get a sticker. After 5 stickers she can pick out a small prize. Well, last night did not start off very good. She started out in her bed watching a movie. About 30 minutes later, Travis went to check on her and she was crying. He decided to lay with her for a short time and she went to sleep. Sometime, in the little bit of time Kamryn let us sleep, she made her way to our bed. She slid in on Travis' side without either one of us knowing. To add to all the excitement she rolled off the bed. Needless to say, she did not get her first sticker. It was a rough night with very little sleep for all of us.

For some good news.........Kamryn is rolling over! A couple of weeks ago I put her down on her tummy and went in the kitchen and when I came back she was on her back. She would not do it again after that. Last night she was on her back on her activity mat and kept kicking and working at it and finally rolled to her tummy. She did it about 3 more times after that and we actually got it on camera! It just seems like she is growing so fast. Tomorrow she will be 12 weeks.

We are praying for a good nights sleep tonight!

All about the sisters

I'm hoping to keep this blog updated with what my girls are up too. I'm not good at doing scrapbooks and baby books, so I'm hoping this will be something for them to look back on when they are older and remember some good times they had as kids.

Savannah is 5 years old and will start kindergarten in August. She seems to be excited about going and has already requested which classroom she would like to be in. She has been in daycare since she was 14 months old. They will have a graduation in June and she will be the only one from her class that will start school. I'm nervous about her starting and not knowing any others in her class but I'm sure she will make new friends really quickly. We would really like to plan some fun stuff with her this summer before she starts school. Hopefully we will get a chance to go to the beach for a few days.

Kamryn is already 11 weeks old. I can't believe this baby stage is going by so quickly. She is such a good baby and loves to smile and "talk" all the time. She is so alert and likes to sit back and take everything in. She would be a perfect baby if she would only sleep at night! She likes to wakes us up several times a night just to be held. I hate to do it but I really think I'm going to have to let her cry. It breaks my heart to think about it but I'm not sure of any other way. Tonight just might be a sleepless night!