Sleep Training: Night 3

What a night!!!  Tulip had a tough night!  Which means Mama and Daddy did also!

The night was going well…except Tulip wasn’t nursing well for bedtime.  She was biting!  She got her first tooth 2 weeks ago and is really working Tooth #2 all day…she was doing the funniest things with her cute little “two-lips” especially in the evening.  I decided to give her a little Tylonol…which I do extremely sparingly.  I’ve hardly ever given her Tylonol and typically give her more comfort with holding her, giving her ice to chew on, nurse her, and anything else I can think of to distract her from her gums.  But night #3 distractions weren’t working and her continued biting also not working.  So the Tylonol started working in about 25 minutes and she nursed just a little.  I put her down asleep and she was again awake in about 30 minutes.  I nursed her again hoping she’d get a more full-feeding before she slept.   It was around 10 when she finally stayed asleep…2+ hours after her regular bedtime.

She woke off and on but fell back asleep on her own until around midnight and then she LOST IT!  She was acting a little weird to and nothing was consoling her…even when we left her nursery.  I started just checking her out to see if something was poking her or was too tight…but she just got more upset.  Finally she calmed down enough for me to nurse her…I did not want to give her tylonol again.  She fell asleep but got upset as soon as I put her in her crib.  I tried to soothe her without picking her up and she kept wiggling around and pulling at her left ear…uh-oh!  I picked her up and took her to our bedroom…she lost it again but calmed down enough for me to put some warm oil in her ear…an old home remedie for an ear ache.  She had no temp so I don’t think she had an infection.  I held her until she fell asleep and tried 3 more times to get her to lay down in her crib but it wasn’t going to happen so she slept with us.  She normally sleeps very well with us but she slept fitfully I’m sure because of her ear.

So…I was up almost constantly for over 3 hours so we did not make it to church this morning…but she took a good nap this a.m. but in the p.m. she hasn’t slept quite as well.  But I think she’ll take an “off schedule” nap yet.  🙂  She’s such a sweet little girl and our days are literally great…I would hardly change a thing.  She plays so well and naps well (though her naps are on my bed)…and just has the most charming little personality.  The evenings are just no good right now…but I have faith that we’ll get there!

I’ve seen a lot of books out there for no-cry solutions that I’ve been interested in.  Of course, it’s impossible to think that sleep-training will literally be NO-CRYING.  But even some of the no-cry solution books I’ve read that several of those authors still say that the baby may VOMIT while crying themselves to sleep (even while the parent is cribside) and to have a towel in case…and some go so far to say not to pick them up if they vomit!  That is unacceptable!  If Tulip were ever to vomit while falling to sleep because she was so upset…not only would I feel extremely guilty but I would ABSOLUTELY pick her up and obviously she’d likely need a change of clothes and maybe even a new crib sheet or crib saver.  I could not IMAGINE just dabbing her vomit and then let her continue crying and lay in her vomit!  So I hesitate to buy any book that suggests that this is acceptable.

If someone out there knows a book that does not suggest that this is normal or acceptable, send me an email or comment on the blog…I’d appreciate it!  Thanks!

Mama2007

2 comments January 13, 2008
Tags: ear ache, sleep solutions, sleep training, vomiting