June 2008 Weddings
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Newborn's Revenge (from FB)
NEWBORN'S REVENGE
OK, here's my situation. My Mommy has had me for almost 3 months. The first
few weeks were great--I cried, she picked me up and fed me, anytime, around
the clock. Then something happened. Over the last few weeks, she has been
trying to STTN (sleep thru the night). At first, I thought it was just a
phase, but it is only getting worse. I've talked to other babies, and it
seems like its pretty common after Mommies have had us for around 5-6
months. Here's the thing: these Mommies don't really need to sleep. It's
just a habit. Many of them have had some 30 years to sleep--they just don't
need it anymore. So I am implementing a plan. I call it the Crybaby
Shuffle.
It goes like this:
Night 1--cry every 3 hours until you get fed. I know, it's hard. It's hard
to see your Mommy upset over your crying. Just keep reminding yourself,
it's for her own good.
Night 2--cry every 2 hours until you get fed.
Night 3--every hour.
Most Mommies will start to respond more quickly after about 3 nights. Some
Mommies are more alert, and may resist the change longer. These Mommies may
stand in your doorway for hours, shhhh-ing. Don't give in. I cannot stress
this enough: CONSISTENCY IS KEY!! If you let her STTN (sleep through the
night), just once, she will expect it every night. I KNOW IT'S HARD! But
she really does not need the sleep; she is just resisting the change.. If
you have an especially alert Mommy, you can stop crying for about 10
minutes, just long enough for her to go back to bed and start to fall
asleep. Then cry again. It WILL eventually work. My Mommy once stayed awake
for 10 hours straight, so I know she can do it.
The other night, I cried every hour. You just have to decide to stick to it
and just go for it. BE CONSISTENT! I cried for any reason I could come up
with:
My sleep sack tickled my foot.
I felt a wrinkle under the sheet.
My mobile made a shadow on the wall.
I burped, and it tasted like rice cereal. I hadn't eaten rice cereal since
breakfast, what's up with that?
The dog said "ruff". I should know. My Mommy reminds me of this about 20
times a day. LOL.
Once I cried just because I liked how it sounded when it echoed on the
monitor in the other room.
Too hot, too cold, just right--doesn't matter! Keep crying!!
I had drooled so much my sheets were damp and I didn't like it touching me.
I decided I was sick of all the pink in my room so I cried.
It took awhile, but it worked. She fed me at 4am. Tomorrow night, my goal
is 3:30am. You need to slowly shorten the interval between feedings in
order to reset your Mommies' internal clocks. Sometimes my Mommy will call
for reinforcements by sending in Daddy. Don't worry Daddies are not set up
for not needing sleep the way Mommies are. They can only handle a few pats
and shhing before they declare defeat and send in the Mommy.
Also, be weary of the sleep sheep with rain noises. I like to give Mommy
false hope that listening to the rain puts me to sleep sometimes I pretend
to close my yes and be asleep and then wait until I know Mommy is settling
back to sleep to spring a surprise cry attack. If she doesn't get to me
fast enough I follow up with my fake cough and gag noise that always has
her running to the crib. At some point I am positive she will start to
realize that she really doesn't really need sleep.
P.S. Don't let those rubber things fool you, no matter how long you suck on
them, no milk will come out. Trust me.
OK, here's my situation. My Mommy has had me for almost 3 months. The first
few weeks were great--I cried, she picked me up and fed me, anytime, around
the clock. Then something happened. Over the last few weeks, she has been
trying to STTN (sleep thru the night). At first, I thought it was just a
phase, but it is only getting worse. I've talked to other babies, and it
seems like its pretty common after Mommies have had us for around 5-6
months. Here's the thing: these Mommies don't really need to sleep. It's
just a habit. Many of them have had some 30 years to sleep--they just don't
need it anymore. So I am implementing a plan. I call it the Crybaby
Shuffle.
It goes like this:
Night 1--cry every 3 hours until you get fed. I know, it's hard. It's hard
to see your Mommy upset over your crying. Just keep reminding yourself,
it's for her own good.
Night 2--cry every 2 hours until you get fed.
Night 3--every hour.
Most Mommies will start to respond more quickly after about 3 nights. Some
Mommies are more alert, and may resist the change longer. These Mommies may
stand in your doorway for hours, shhhh-ing. Don't give in. I cannot stress
this enough: CONSISTENCY IS KEY!! If you let her STTN (sleep through the
night), just once, she will expect it every night. I KNOW IT'S HARD! But
she really does not need the sleep; she is just resisting the change.. If
you have an especially alert Mommy, you can stop crying for about 10
minutes, just long enough for her to go back to bed and start to fall
asleep. Then cry again. It WILL eventually work. My Mommy once stayed awake
for 10 hours straight, so I know she can do it.
The other night, I cried every hour. You just have to decide to stick to it
and just go for it. BE CONSISTENT! I cried for any reason I could come up
with:
My sleep sack tickled my foot.
I felt a wrinkle under the sheet.
My mobile made a shadow on the wall.
I burped, and it tasted like rice cereal. I hadn't eaten rice cereal since
breakfast, what's up with that?
The dog said "ruff". I should know. My Mommy reminds me of this about 20
times a day. LOL.
Once I cried just because I liked how it sounded when it echoed on the
monitor in the other room.
Too hot, too cold, just right--doesn't matter! Keep crying!!
I had drooled so much my sheets were damp and I didn't like it touching me.
I decided I was sick of all the pink in my room so I cried.
It took awhile, but it worked. She fed me at 4am. Tomorrow night, my goal
is 3:30am. You need to slowly shorten the interval between feedings in
order to reset your Mommies' internal clocks. Sometimes my Mommy will call
for reinforcements by sending in Daddy. Don't worry Daddies are not set up
for not needing sleep the way Mommies are. They can only handle a few pats
and shhing before they declare defeat and send in the Mommy.
Also, be weary of the sleep sheep with rain noises. I like to give Mommy
false hope that listening to the rain puts me to sleep sometimes I pretend
to close my yes and be asleep and then wait until I know Mommy is settling
back to sleep to spring a surprise cry attack. If she doesn't get to me
fast enough I follow up with my fake cough and gag noise that always has
her running to the crib. At some point I am positive she will start to
realize that she really doesn't really need sleep.
P.S. Don't let those rubber things fool you, no matter how long you suck on
them, no milk will come out. Trust me.
