A Cryin' Shame

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Only four weeks old and I had to have Sophia cry herself to sleep one night. She is almost continuously changing her nap schedule and how she chooses to fall asleep at night and I am trying hard to keep up with it. One evening in particular nothing was working.....well, long term at least. She would fall asleep while I was holding her but would wake up once I put her down. The pacifier, breastfeeding, and rocking weren't doing the trick. I knew she was absolutely exhausted too because she had only had cat naps throughout the day. She was in desperate need of sleep and Mommy was in desperate need of her to fall asleep. After 2 hours of battling with her I chose to just put her in her crib and see what happens. It is a difficult choice, I am sure, for many mothers whether to let their child cry themselves to sleep or not. It is a hard thing to listen to your baby fuss and cry and know you can make it better but that by doing nothing it is benefiting them. Luckily, she didn't really cry. It was more fussing, whining, and grunting and within 10 minutes she was sound asleep. I was so thankful that is all it took, but also very proud of her and myself for actually being able to do it. I had been telling myself anything younger than 2 months is too young to let them cry themselves to sleep. They need to be held!! How quickly an opinion can change..... :)Heather