There are a couple of reasons we have decided it is time for her to sleep in her room. 1) She has her own room now (we are no longer living with my inlaws) 2) She hasn't been sleeping through the night which might be because she hears us come to bed and hears us moving around 3) she's 4 months old now... not an adult, but old enough that she should be sleeping in her own room.
All day I would tear up at the thought of my baby girl having to sleep in her own room, in her own bed, all ALONE. Stressed me out. So, that evening she got her bath, then her massage, then her bedtime story and then I nursed her to sleep, just like we do every night. We had the sound machine on, swaddled her so that she would still feel secure, and had a night light on. I kissed her cheek, whispered goodnight and put her down gently. I paused for a moment to watch my sweet girl sleep and snuck out of the room. I no sooner got the door shut and she started screaming. The method I decided to use was to let her cry for 5 minutes then go in her room, pick her up and soothe her and then put her back down. THREE HOURS LATER she was still screaming as loud and as strong as she did when we started and I had been crying for three hours and we finally decided to call it quits.
As soon as I got her our of her crib I went to sit on the couch. We were both so exhausted we both fell asleep in no time. When I woke up it was about 6am. Josh had gone to bed and left H and I asleep on the couch. I guess he figured we had both had a long night and didn't want to disturb us. I decided to wait until we spoke with her doctor to decide how to get her to sleep in her own bed.
You want me to sleep WHERE?!
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