Last night was even more successful than night 1!
Nick and I went to Gramma & Boss' house around 6:30pm to pick up some things mom had snagged for us at Target earlier in the day. Most specifically an all-night white noise machine. We've had the sleep giraffe since Nick was born, and he loves the soothing sounds it makes, but sadly the sleep giraffe turns off after 45 minutes...so we're stuck with either stealthily sneaking into his room without waking him up just to turn it back on (which never works) or risk him waking up to random noises throughout the house.
After our quick visit, we headed back home around 8:00pm, which was a bit late for us, but I have been trying to push back Nick's bedtime just a bit to ensure he's super sleepy. So we got home around 8:30pm, and Nick was already fast asleep in the back seat. He looked like me after a night of beers with the Schwass'. PASSED.OUT.
But I woke him up anyway and gave him his bottle. This sort of reversed my plans and really woke him up instead of put him back to sleep. He sucked down the bottle within about 10 minutes. I held him upright and got a couple of really good burps out of him, and then took him into his room.
I had turned on the white noise machine before his bottle, so it was already going. We sat in the glider and I rocked him for about 2 minutes, and then kissed him, told him I loved him, put him in his crib and said goodnight.
Before I even had one foot out the door, he was SCREAMING. Ear piercing screams. I watched him on the monitor for about 15 minutes, and then went in to give him his pacifier and pat his back. Seeing me coerced some very sad little whimpers from his snot and tear covered face. I stayed no more than a few seconds to pat his back and then left again. And the screams came back -- even harder.
But I stood my ground, watching him on the monitor, and after 15 more minutes of screaming/crying, he laid his head down and went to sleep.
And once again, didn't make a peep for the rest of the night. Even woke up several times to shift position and rub his eyes. In the past, any time he would wake up briefly to rub his eyes, he would instantly start fussing and crying, and we'd run in to rescue him. But with CIO, he doesn't even make a sound and puts himself back to sleep.
He woke up shortly after 7:00am, wide eyed, and super happy. And when I went in to his room, he was thrilled to see me -- giggling, smiling, and loving life.
I am so proud of my little man -- and proud of myself for sticking it out. I was so against all the advice I was receiving to just stick it out for three days, and he'd become a great sleeper. I was against letting him scream and cry like crazy. I was against not comforting him every time he made a little fuss. And now my thinking is reversed.
Nick slept a solid 10 hours last night, without so much as a sound all night. And I got 8 hours (had to watch Grey's Anatomy and Jersey Shore before bed).
The strangest part though, is that my body is so confused by this solid sleep, that I'm still waking up briefly a few times a night. Mostly in a panic because I haven't heard from my little guy. And this morning, I felt a little more tired than usual because I'm not used to getting so much sleep. Maybe I function better off of sporadic sleep patterns - just a few hours here and there? Regardless, CIO is working for us, and we're all feeling good about it.
Should be interesting to see if Nick cries for even less time tonight...or even at all. I will keep you posted!
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