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as much as I hate to,

  • Jun. 28th, 2007 at 4:30 PM
ethan
we are going to try and let Ethan cry it out tonight. He had been sick Sunday and Monday but on Tuesday night and last night he just got up and wanted to be up and wouldn't lay down in his crib or with one of us. I don't know what to do because we can't do that every night so this seems like our only option. I don't know how long it will last letting him CIO because last time we tried doing that it only lasted for about 15 minutes then I gave in and went to pick him up, and it wasn't just my idea because Doug wanted me to go pick him up, too. I really hate to hear him cry and cry and I can't sleep through it anyway so I don't see what the difference is if I'm holding him and he's crying or if he's crying by himself in his crib. The only thing that is a little different this time is that I know it's his little fake cry. I can so tell the difference now between the "there's something wrong with me" cry and the "I'm crying just for attention" cry, either way I want him to know that I am there for him no matter what he needs but Doug and I have needs too and we need sleep because since Sunday night neither of us really have gotten much. Last night though, Doug was so sweet because at 2am Ethan was crying and crying and I didn't know what to do, I gave him Tylenol, I gave him gas drops, I put Baby Orajel on his gums but he continued to cry and then I couldn't take it anymore and just started crying with him. Doug came and got him out of my arms and took him to sleep on the couch. I got a couple hours sleep from then on but that's it for last night. I don't know what to do but I guess we'll try this and if doesn't work I don't know what we're going to do. Wish me luck...
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