First night apart.. And onto Day 2...

Well last night was the first night since Griffin was born that he didn't sleep with me in my bed. I knew I would have to break him eventually, so on the day he turned 18 months is the day we made it happen... it was bittersweet because although I had missed having my queen to myself... I missed that little body sleeping soundly beside me.. I did not miss his feet in my face though.. he's a wiggle worm all night long. :)

I finally went to sleep at midnight, and at 12:30am, Griffin woke up the first time. I went in, picked him up, Rocked and nursed him back to sleep... but as I got up to lay him down, he awoke again.. so I just kept going and laid him down.. I know he is tired. He cried for a few minutes, but settled down and went to sleep. He did wake up at 4:30am and fussed but went back to sleep, and then again at 6am. At that point, I went in, got him and brought him back to bed with me. Maybe not the best move, but I felt he'd had enough change and needed a little Mommy cuddle time. He went back to sleep and slept til 7:30am.

He was in a great mood all day, and since yesterday went so well, I decided to go ahead and make his nap time a little earlier, he was yawning, so I knew he was tired. I nursed and rocked him til he was about asleep and laid him down, kissed him and said, "Okay, night-night" turned the music on and left the room.

Well.. today has not gone at all like yesterday. I did exactly the same thing, but this time, he was not having it. I went in there after 5 minutes, then 10 more, then 15 more and then 20 and then 20 again.. totalling about an hour and 10 minutes... he would not settle down. So I just got him up and forgot about the nap, he would be tired tonight and would go to sleep.

Well he was getting very, Very tired at dinner time, and his head was wobbly and he started falling asleep. So I hurried up and fed him, I had to give him a bath earlier, so I just skipped the bath tonight, got his pj's on, brushed his teeth and we sat down for story time. He fell asleep during the story, and then woke when it was over. I nursed him for about 10 minutes, and he fell asleep again. I went to get up and lay him down, but he woke up. So I laid him down anyway.. this is now where the screaming starts.

I've gone in after 5 minutes. No soothing him this time.. he won't have it. I've gone in after 10 more minutes... still.. he just wants out. I know this boy is tired! He's so tired. I wish my boy would sleep. I have 2 minutes until the timer goes off again, and I will try again to soothe him. This is so heartbreaking.. I was so proud of him yesterday, I wish he would just go to sleep, he would feel so much better.

Praying for a better night and a soon sound asleep baby boy.. <3