Miles has relapsed again. He SCREAMS when we put him to bed now. Not just a whiny "I don't want to go to bed" type of thing, but a painful scream that is exhausting to listen to...and I'm sure exhausting for him. We let him cry it out a few times. Each time it lasted about 20 minutes.
Then the other day I thought, could he be screaming because it's so dark in there? Normally there's still some day light when we put Miles down but now that the days are getting shorter, it's dark by the time it's Miles' bedtime.
My roommie thinks it's because we haven't been giving him milk after dinner. When he doesn't ask for it, I haven't been giving it to him. He normally eats very well for dinner so he definitely doesn't NEED milk before bed.
So we tested Miles. We gave him milk AND had a little night light for him. He whined for 30 seconds and then was off to bed. I think it was the night light, but roommie thinks it was the milk. The next couple of nights we alternated giving him milk and not giving him milk while the night light stayed on at all times. Unfortunately, after he whined for 30 seconds, he then continued to cry/scream for about 20 minutes. Last night was 6 minutes. Tonight it was 3 minutes!
The next couple of nights was up and down. At one point, I thought maybe Miles was more upset about being stuck in the crib so we tried letting him sleep on the floor. FAIL. I was so close to converting his crib into a toddler bed which means he can get out whenever he wants...but the roommie and I decided it wasn't time yet and that he must just need another review on how to sleep.
The moral of the story is that there's absolutely no rhyme or reason as to WHY they relapse. Does it ever end? Please tell me it does before they turn 18 and are out of the house. :p
Update: now we are dealing with daylight savings. With the time changes, Miles is exhausted by the time its his bedtime and doesn't even really fight with us anymore. Maybe a whine but that's about it. However, he's now waking us up at 5:45am! Grrrrreeat! Anyone else hate daylight savings??
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| they are cute until they wake you up at 5:45am!! |
I was SOOOO worried about daylight savings, and then, turned out, p did fine with the adjustment. she's been doing great lately, not looking forward to if there's another relapse =T
ReplyDeleteshe still naps terribly though =P
hope you make it through, and looks like it's getting better already =)
He woke up at 7:10 the past 2 nights!! Hopefully it's not a fluke!
DeleteI doesn't seem to end anytime soon! The boys keep going through phrases. The first night in toddler beds were bad since they wanted to play all night, but every night it gets better. It's been 1 week and they seem to just go to bed after a little while. I also hate daylight savings. My boys get up at 5:45 am too, regardless of how late they sleep! Hang in there, Jean! Miles is such a cutie. That face is worth all the suffering. :)
ReplyDeleteJeena, I don't even know how you do it with 3 boys!!!! Amazing! Yea they are pretty cute but it was rough waking up that early for a bit! Oh the things we do...lol
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