Crying it out was something we never had to do before. Her bedtime routine was simple and easy. Bath, Books, Bottle, Bed. End of Story. But now that little Miss can crawl, stand up, wave hi, and cruise her crib rail we have had to resort to other options. Before she would go to bed in less than 30 seconds after I burped her. I would listen to one Rafi tune and down she went.
But that has changed. She has changed. She can do so much more and wants to practice more and more. So tonight we thought since she fell asleep for five minutes on the way home from church it would be a quick bed time. We did Bath, Medicine, Books, Bottle. She is teething- two tops are quickly coming in. We did oragel. She then didn't want to be even rocked or held. So I put her down in her bed and turned on Sally. I quickly exited. She stood up. We monitored her from the cameras in the office. She fussed. Cried. Standing there. Surely she could not stand for more than 5 minutes. 5 minutes passed. Surely she could not stand for 10 minutes. 10 minutes passed. More fussing, more standing. Now we are at the point of curiosity of how long she can stand there. 5 more minutes pass. Mores fussing, more standing... until she lost her balance. Then she lost her balance and fell on her butt. More fussing for like 10 seconds. She put her head down and passed out.
It worked. She was completely asleep. She is changing and so do we. Crying it out doesn't work for everyone and it is hard cause you hate hearing them fuss. But she needs to know that bedtime is bedtime. Not doing laps in your crib, chewing on your crib rail playtime. She was just fussy and tired. If I would have went in there it would have been twice as long or who knows how long it would have taken her to go to sleep.
She does not want pacie anymore, she prefers to chew on her cloth diapers. This teething stuff sucks. She has four teeth and #5 and #6 on top are coming in soon! After these two guys we have 14 more to go!!!
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