Finally got a backbone

Trevin and I began practicing some sad but timely and desperately needed tough love this week. Addie had a two week streak in June where she was an amazing sleeper and would always go down after we rocked her to sleep and sleep all night only waking up once to eat, she took good naps and gave Trev and I some time together. Well the day we got back from our vacation to Bear Lake she decided that sleeping was no longer part of the game plan. After a few weeks of long days and longer nights of rocking and pacing I decided this was not good for our family. Friday night she woke up 4 times in a matter of 5 or 6 hours. Saturday I started researching and reading about people who let their babies cry themselves to sleep. At first I felt like a terrible mom even thinking of doing that to Addie but one lady's post in a forum I was reading put a completely different perspective on things. She said you can't be a good mom or wife if you are constantly sleep deprived and grouchy because your child isn't sleeping. I really had been a grouchy little bugger the last few weeks because of all this. So I called the doctors office and talked to a nurse about the whole crying it out thing and if it was safe for our daughter and what I should do. I got it all worked out and Saturday night we began the journey. Night 1: 45 long and sad minutes of crying followed by nine straight hours of sleep. Night 2: 10 minutes of crying followed by 7 hours of sleep, waking up to eat and another 3 hours of sleep. Night 3: 7 minutes of crying..... you get the idea. She also takes naps during the day too. I am regaining sanity and started to enjoy this whole mommy thing a lot more. Hearing Addie cry for 45 minutes left me in tears too but it has been one of the best parenting choices we have made so far.