Yes, we now have a crib for Lucero. However, she's not exactly sleeping in it. She did make it through one night, but only one, and that was a while back, so I can't even remember what I did to get her through it. Shortly after we got the crib Lucero came down with another stinkin' runny nose, which included a little cough. Well, these stupid little coughs wake her up throughout the night, so I saw no point to keeping her in the crib, if she was going to continue to wake all night, thus waking me all night to get up and help her clear her throat. So she slept on the bed with me for about two weeks. Anyway, she's over her little runny nose/cough, but reintroducing her to the crib has not been easy. I put her in there for naps and at the beginning of her bedtime, but about an hour later she wakes, she cries, I get up and try to comfort her, laying her down again, but at that point she has no interest in sleeping alone in the crib. And so I just let her join me on the bed, 'cause usually I'm tired and don't feel like dealing with it.
Let me remind you of the setup: it's me and her in the same room. The crib is about a yard away from the bed I sleep in. It's not easy for me to ignore her if she cries in the night. Basically her biggest problem is she doesn't know how to put herself to sleep, so when she wakes in the night, she doesn't know how to soothe herself back into a slumber. In an attempt to teach her how to fall asleep on her own I left her in the crib and walked out of the room. This was for her nap. She wasn't overly exhausted before I put her in there, but I detected she was tired. Anyway, like I said I left her in there and walked away. Well, little miss thing had a fit and cried and cried. I left her in there for an hour and she cried that whole entire hour! I finally came to get her and she was so worked up that it took me thirty minutes to soothe her to sleep. In my arms. Once again.
This is driving me crazy. I have no idea how to teach this girl to go to sleep. She is strong-willed and will cry and cry. Actually I've never attempted the placing her in the crib at night and leaving her. She would probably cry for hours and hours. I would be ok with that, but unfortunately I live with my parents and they probably wouldn't enjoy hearing their only grandchild crying for hours. Plus, my question is, since we share a room, once she falls asleep from all the crying, wouldn't she wake hearing me go in there later to put myself to sleep? Then I would be back at square one, right? Thoughts? Suggestions? Or do yall think I'm worrying too much over something that will eventually work itself out?
