Greetings From The Bed
This was today’s choice: either let Mamie scream her lungs out in her crib (“Mommy, Mommy, no crib, BED, no pee, no poop, BED, Mommeeeeeeeee….” — nice of her to let me know there was no pee or poop going on, dontcha think?) or go into her after 15 minutes of that, plop her down on the tempurpedic and watch her put herself out in 2.2 minutes.
Guess which one I did?
Yes, much to the chagrin of our sitter (“Do no go into her tomorrow,” she pleaded with me yesterday), I went in. I went in and I picked her up. I went in and I picked her up and PUT HER ON THE BED. Man, I am toast next week when I have to tell the sitter what I did. Am I the only who’s a little scared of the sitter? Anyway, I figured what’s worse, a crying, upset child who is still (perpetually) teething, or a kid who will sleep for 2 hours, albeit next to me in the bedroom. For me that was a no brainer (no cracks, please). I’d rather have a napped kid, than a cranky one. That’s what I’m saying today anyway. Check back with me tomorrow.


I think you are doing the right thing! You baby wants to be comforted by her mommy, there is nothing wrong with that. I applaud you for following your instincts
(the sitter could be reading this RIGHT NOW!)
so we put her in her crib that night and she complained (not really cried) for 30 minutes. it was painful for me but then she slept the whole night! the next day nap though, no deal. she was up after 1 hour and had a fever. MOLARS. last night, no crying when she went down but up at 4AM – MOLARS. so all bets are off right now. today’s nap? most likely the bed. but i don’t care. today is my birthday and so for my present i get to sleep next to my girl. not bad.
you are not the only one who is scared of the sitter, I live in constant fear that she is going to leave!!!
By the way I think you are doing the right thing – they are our children and we get to decide what is ok, which is easy to say but of course I am constantly comparing how I handle each situation with how I think my pediatrician or super perfect sister in law would do it. Yesterday though I stopped to think about how much time I was waisting worrying and when i could be just enjoying her.
Here’s to us for figuring it out very day! One way or another.
Yeah, like my last post I am trying not to care so much. But it’s hard! Our sitter is fab and hasn’t steered us wrong yet, so I kinda have to listen to her. But this whole sleep thing is nuts.
You can check out my latest post on the subject–I’m with you!!!
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