Ferberization Rocks

Now that Dyl is almost 5 months we decided it is high time to do something about his horrible sleeping habits. It has been really really bad lately. The babies are supposed to sleep better as they get older but with Dyl it has been the opposite. It got to where he was waking up every 30 min to an hour on some nights and I was just a basketcase. SOOO last weekend we decided it was time to ferberize him. On friday night Clint and I went out on our valentines day date and left the kids with my sister. We got an early start because we were going to leave Arlo to sleep over and pick up Dyl . We figured he was not going to do this without a fight and it would be better to deal with 1 of our boys awake all night rather than 2. So...we got home fed Dyl and layed him in his crib awake, gave him some kisses and went upstairs.
I remember with Arlo the first time I did this I was beside myself. I actually had to leave the house and drive around so I wouldn't be tempted to rescue him. With Dyl it was a bit of a different story. I think part of it is because I know and trust that it works because I have done it with one before. I realize that 2-3 nights of mild discomfort helps them to be happier, better sleepers in the long run. But I also think that I have felt so tortured by the no sleep that the guilt was not as bad. Am I a hardened mommy???? well it didn't take near as long as I anticipated. The first time he started crying we set the timer for 5 min and went in to comfort him. Then I set the timer in for 10 min and went back in to give him some kisses and pats. I stayed in there with him just putting my hand on his chest and softly rubbing his head and in about 2 min he was calmed down and drifting to sleep. Thats all it took! the kid stayed asleep for 4 more hours and woke up at 1:00 when he was ready to eat and then again at 5:00 to eat again. He woke up for good at 7:30. On saturday night Clint had to do it because I was at the store. I guess it took poor dyl about 30 minutes and he was pretty ticked off. But that is the worst it has been; Since then it has only gotten better and last night he went to bed at 7:30 with no crying woke up at 12:00 to eat and then this morning at 6:40. He did have a few episodes in the night where he fussed a bit but he just went back to sleep. I am so exctactic! It has been so great at the end of the night to put both boys to bed and have our alone time back to hang. It has also been amazing to get some sleep in longer blocks than an hour. The wierd thing is I have felt really tired the last 2 days. I cant figure it out. I am getting so much more sleep than I was. I guess now that I know what I was missing I want to play catch up. I will keep updating how the ferber thing is going but so far so good. It just works well for me because I don't feel like I am abandoning my baby. If he gets upsett I can go in to comfort him, I just cant pick him up. I love you Dr. Ferber!!!!

Side note: Valentines with the hubs was really nice. We went to the Olive Garden and I got a beautiful necklace. its funny that getting the baby ferberized was part of the valentines day date. but we are SO HAPPY we did it

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