Well scratch what I wrote, I have no idea what she wants now.<\/p>\n
Last night I made a big, big mistake – second night in a row. I thought, hey she’s napping so well by herself during the day, how about I wait until she’s almost asleep and then move her to the cosleeper beside me. If she does well with that I can sleep on my own side of the bed! So that’s what I did. She was almost asleep, had nursed herself down, taken the paci and was just settling in. As carefully as I could I moved her over and settled her into the cosleeper.<\/p>\n
And she woke up. Oh no, she didn’t wake up crying and screaming the way she used to, she woke up excited<\/i>. Her eyes darted around at this “new” vantage point (I wouldn’t have thought it would be so interesting, considering she sleeps right next<\/i> to the cosleeper every single day and night). And then the legs and arms started pumping. “Ooo! Ooo!”
\n“Uhhhh,” I said to Den, “this isn’t working, she’s waking up.”
\n“Have patience,” he counsels.<\/p>\n
Bad<\/i> idea. Five minutes went by and now she was super awake and wanting to play<\/i>. I pulled her back into our bed but by that point she wanted no part of sleep. I snuggled her. She screamed and pushed away from me. I sat her up, she looked around and flapped her arms happily. Shit. Shit. I tried to nurse her. More screaming. I gave her the paci. She spit it out and yelled. We got up and walked her around. It was obvious she was tired – it was 11pm by now – but she was utterly convinced it was time to play. She’d doze off on our chest while we walked her around, then wake up shrieking in anger whenever we layed her down.<\/p>\n
I was SO frustrated. Den reminded me that she’s been such a good sleeper that we’ve been spoiled and are kind of due for some bad nights. But I swear to you, I felt like throwing myself face down, beating the snot of a pillow, and throwing a nice big toddler-esque tantrum. I was so damn angry at myself for moving her. You know that feeling… that everything was just fine until YOU screwed it up.<\/p>\n
It took some work and a lot of patience, but Den finally waited her out until she was really soundly asleep before laying her in my arms. And I froze like that for a good half an hour until it was clear she was going to stay asleep. The rest of the night she did okay. She’s still a little fidgety at night, and that’s the part that I can’t figure out.<\/p>\n
The next few nights I’m going to do what I know<\/i> works for her. Please shoot me if I get any brilliant ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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