The First Night
So tonight was the first night we tried the Ferber Method. While I am so not a fan of this method, Ian did pretty well with it. Who am I kidding, we both were a mess, but it only took Ian about 20 minutes to fall asleep. And I want to say at least 5-10 minutes of that I was in there trying to comfort him, but I only picked him up once and he was back in his crib within two minutes. He didn’t like that he wasn’t getting rocked to sleep, and he was getting so red in the face that it was bothering me. However, I didn’t cry this time. :)
In all honestly, we’ve tried this before and he’s never liked it, but he did go down eventually. I’m the one who usually caved because I couldn’t handle him crying. This time, we’re going to keep at it.
She left out the part where I was demanding she leave the room and she kept saying she just wanted to stay a little longer.
I thought he actually threw up from screaming on two occasions- but I didn’t feel anything when I checked.
He’s also exaggerating a little. Ian woke up about 10 minutes ago, and I went in there to comfort him and when I came out, Jesse told me I was in there for 10 minutes when it was only 5. I never once picked him up, but I did hold him for a moment. He was constantly in his crib, so I’m still following the whole method, but I needed the hug just as much as Ian did.
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