Feel free to not read this post unless you are immensely bored. I'm merely trying to distract myself from an unpleasant experience.
Many of you may or may not recall that several months ago, I vowed to removed the bedtime bink from Elizabeth's nightly needs. Well, for a list of excuses that I may or may not choose to list, it didn't happen. I thought, at the time, that it was just a bad time for me. I had a ton going on, then Julia got sick, then David and I were out of town (and I can't justify asking someone else to binky-break my child while I'm on vacation). In reality though, and as I listen to her bellow in her bed right now, I realize I've just gotten soft. When we went through this with Julia, I had no sympathy. I told her what we were going to do, I went through the nightly routine sans the bink, I laid her in her bed, left, and never felt the slightest tinge of guilt. Not the case tonight. As I listen to E sob, knowing that a tiny piece of silicone will make it all better, I have to keep reminding myself that there is a good reason for this process. Really, I just want to go cuddle her till she falls asleep. But, I'm fighting the consequences of that decision with Julia. So, I'll just continue to blog randomness to distract myself.
I'm attempting a reward system for both of the nightly habits I'm trying to eliminate right now. Julia has a habit of coming to my bed every night. I take her back to her bed and she goes right back to sleep. However, this happens 3-4x every night. So, needless to say, neither me nor Julia are very well rested. And, when E wakes in the morning and realizes she's in her room alone, she is not pleased. So, tonight we made sticker charts for each girls' goal. If we make one week for either of them, we get to go toy shopping. I'll admit, Julia is much more excited/motivated by the idea of a reward than Elizabeth. E thought it was a great idea until she got to bed, then suddenly nothing was worth not having that paci.
Currently, I'm 30 minutes in, the people on househunters international are very close to making a decision on a new caribbean beach house at the rock bottom price of $800,000.00, I now hear Elizabeth flicking the light on and off from her crib, and I'm amazed that Julia is still asleep (yet somehow when I turn the shower on in the morning, she's wide awake - how does that work?)
At times like this, I realize there is a very valuable niche in the American marketplace that has not been filled. Where is the 800 number to call to have a nice lady come to your home, potty train your child, break habits that have to be broken, and do it all without a single tear from your baby? I think this could be a very lucrative business. If I were better at this, I might consider starting this company myself.
The crying has subsided - only 35 straight minutes. But, I'm not to be fooled. I'm certain that within 5 minutes, she will be at it again. I lied, it was within 1 minute...and now more adamant.
Well, over an hour, and multiple HGTV episodes later, she's asleep...and I'm done with this distracting rant. G'nite.
3 comments:
You might be onto somethink wit your business idea! Many people will disagree with me (you might be one of them) but when Izzy did the wake up and come many times...well we just out her doorknob on backwards and locked her in her room for a couple of nights and it worked! Yep, corporal punishment for waking up. But we were all much better rested. Congrats on making it through the night!
Hope you found some great houses!
Amy you crack me up because that is practically a narrative of what we went through recently with Mackenzie. It's amazing how traumatic it is to take such a small item away. It'll be worth it! Also, aren't sticker charts great?!? They have motivated Jay to do everything from toilet training to cleaning his room to keeping his eye patch on. I do have to agree with tracyp though, we changed Jay's doorknob around and only had to lock it for a few minutes and it worked amazing for him getting up out of bed at night.
way to be strong amy! i'm proud of you:)
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