Of Course

Simon has been screaming for the last 40 minutes. What horror is he facing? Just nap time. That's all. He slept pretty well for two days, but he's back to crappy naps again. And he has to scream for at least 25 minutes before he can sleep. He might just scream through this entire nap. He had a 25-minute nap earlier today, which was preceded by 26-minutes of full-out screaming. Then he had a 41-minute nap. I don't know how long he cried before he fell asleep that time, but it was pretty long.

My life still sucks.

Wait--I don't hear screaming. Maybe he just fell asleep. I left the room after 30 minutes to see if he had an easier time calming down without my presence. I think he does better when I'm not there. But now I don't know if he's asleep or not. Nope. He's making noises. At least he's not screaming. But he's still not sleeping. How can he not be exhausted? Okay, he's fussing again. He's been in his crib for 50 minutes now.

HE HAS FALLEN ASLEEP... after 56 minutes. Most of those 56 minutes were spent screaming.

HOW LONG DID HE SLEEP? 28 minutes. Sob...

It's Snaz

Someone Is Sleeping

And his name is Simon! I don't know if this can last, but Simon slept so well last night and took two great naps today. How is this possible? He's asleep right now in his crib with the lovey Karen made him. He really likes the lovey.

Life Continues

Simon's sleep has totally consumed my life. I dedicate most of my time to trying to get him to sleep. Last night was bad. Today was bad. Tonight we're starting the Pick Up/Put Down method of sleep training. It is going to be a long and loud night.

LATER:
Strangely enough, it wasn't loud or long. He screamed for about 35 minutes, then went to sleep. He shocked us all by sleeping for over six hours straight. He'd never slept so long before. When he woke up, I fed him, then he went right back to sleep without crying. He woke up for the day just over three hours later. Very odd.

Waiting

So I'm waiting for Simon to wake up screaming. 'Cause that's what he does. When we put him down for the night, he usually wakes up about 45 minutes later. We have to settle him down again, and sometimes we have to do this a couple times over the next hour before the sleep sticks. He's now been asleep for 30 minutes. I'm so on edge. I can barely stand this.

We've been sleep training Simon for two weeks now. Not that you'd know. He still wakes up about 4 - 5 times a night. We still have to rock him for a long time before he gives in to sleep. He still won't nap longer than 35 minutes (except for his morning nap when he'll nap for about an hour). But this is actually a little better than it used to be. Simon used to spend all night attached to my breast. This is not an exaggeration. He would sometimes let me take my nipple out of his mouth for maybe as long as an hour during the night, but the rest of the time, his mouth was firmly clamped on to me.

Wonderful--he woke up at 10:40, and it's now 11:28 and he's still awake. He's still screaming at the top of his lungs. I was rocking him like I usually do, and his whimpering escalated to crying and then to all-out screaming. I can't comfort him. I've finally put him down in is crib because I can't take it anymore. It's not like holding him was helping anyway. I keep trying, though. Every few minutes I go and pick him up, but he screams away. My life has become a nightmare.

Randomness

That's pretty much how I feel today.

I Didn't Cry Yesterday

That's pretty good, right?