I am currently listening to screaming. I have been for 25 minutes... I'm trying to put my exhausted baby to sleep.
So this week we threw in the towel and decided we needed to let him cry himself to sleep. We were really opposed to it 7 months ago when we first becamse parents, but now out of necessity we need to do something. He can't fall asleep on his own. He needs to be held and rocked until he drifts off, and then once you put him in his crib the screaming begins and continues until he falls asleep in your arms again, and then it starts all over again.
How am I going to survive this. He is going to think I abandond him.
Today he fell asleep in the car on the way home from grocery shopping. I gently put him in the crib and the screeming began. So I said goodnight and walked out.
I can't help wonder if I am destroying my little one. Everyone I know says that this will only make things easier once he gets to be a toddler if he can put himself to sleep. And I don't want to end up being a parent who has to sleep with their 3 year old because they can't sleep on their own.
This is horrible.
You're still here?
9 years ago
You're not a terrible parent.
ReplyDeleteHe is not going to have abandonment issues.
Let him scream, he'll figure it out.
hang in there! It's always SOOO hard at first (esp. w/ the first kid). but it WILL get easier, and he WON'T think you've abandoned him. and it DOES NOT make you a bad parent! we're prob. going to have to start letting Levi cry himself to sleep soon...sigh...it's never fun!
ReplyDelete*hugs*