Fluke?

Knox has always been a pretty good sleeper. Yeah, he'd wake up to eat about 4am but it was no problem because he'd go right back down and we were back in bed in 10 minutes. Dave has been telling me daily that he is old enough now to cry it out and I keep making excuses like:

• He still needs that feeding (yeah I know my kid is 20 pounds already but honestly he doesn't eat. I have to force him to take a 5 ounce bottle).
• Let's just wait until he's 8 months, I will be ready by then.
• He needs to be adjusted to daylight savings first and then we'll do it. I don't want to get it down, and then have to start all over.
• And yes, I still feel guilty that he was left some nights in the hospital so deep down I feel like he shouldn't ever feel like we're not coming....weird, can't really explain that one.
• The most common motherly one....I don't know if I can let my child just cry it out. I was mostly worried because Knox doesn't cry when he wakes up, he just makes these cute little peeps, which I was sure would make it harder because he would just hang out knowing we'd come eventually....so cute, but sad.
  

Well, those excuses all meant nothing after this weekend. Dave went out of town and Knox decided he wanted to keep me up all night....every night. He was just begging for it. He's been pushing his luck lately by waking up earlier and earlier. So I decided I'd had enough and Sunday was the night. I heard him talking for awhile, and then it turned into full on sobs for 2 hours. It was the saddest thing ever, but eventually he went to sleep. I could swear though that he was punishing me all day yesterday. He wouldn't eat at all...when he woke up I was sure he was starving and made him a bottle first thing. I mean it had been 10 hours. Oh, he ate 2 ounces and then protested. He wasn't going to win unless he dropped 5 pounds and yes, he could probably afford that.

Last night, I woke up at 4am, nothing. 5am...nothing. The kid didn't make a peep the entire night and woke up at 7am. One night? Really? Just one night of crying? Oh man, I'm praying this isn't a fluke! And so tonight...we will see. I wanted to make sure I document this though so that when I have my next child I will read it and know I should have done it much earlier!

What blog is complete without a photo? I finally caught this face of his one camera. I get this face from him just about every time he looks up and I love it!


Here's to a lifetime of good sleeping habits. Well, that's the justification my book gives for making your child cry it out through the night and you know, I'm going to go with that!