We Finally Did It!

So on Monday, Lauren went to see the Physical Therapist for her last Torticollis appointment. She passed and doesn't have to come back! We need to just watch for signs of her regressing, but all in all she is doing wonderfully. Our PT had no concerns and her development looks beautiful. So while we were there, I asked about "getting your child to sleep through the night?" Guess what? There are no miracle drugs or secrets. You just have to let them cry. Oh, I hate when people say that. Believe me that is all I have been hearing.

So, Rob and I together decided to give it a try. We prayed over our little girl Monday night like we usually do and off to sleep she went. Usually she goes out around 9 pm. Then awakes sometime in the night and mommy brings her back to bed with us and she sleeps calmly with us till morning. BIG NO NO! Not recommended at all! So Monday night was the 1st night. At 12:20 am she awoke...Now I went in the room, picked her up and layed on the couch with her for a few moments till she settled back down. Then I brought her back to the crib and up she went. Then the fun started, for the next 30 minutes our little girl screamed....it was heart-wrenching, but we stayed in our room and ignored it...It was extremely hard, I even cried for a few moments, but then all of a sudden, peace, quiet. It was a miracle she fell back asleep. By this time Rob and I were awake and watching TV. But soon we went back to bed and she slept until morning. Tuesday night, this time she awoke around 2:30 or 3:00 and again, screamed and screamed, but we ignored! Wednesday moring she slept till 8am. WOW! So by now we were getting used to this and feeling pretty happy about our little girl learning to sleep and not have to wake up to say "hi" to us! So last night was great. To bed around 10:00 and no sound until about 4:45 this morning, but then she fell back asleep and awoke at 6:30....It was a great nights sleep. So all in all a lesson learned, let your kids cry, they don't remember and they'll get over it. Wish I would have done this months ago, but a mom's gotta be ready to listen to her child scream. We thank God for helping us through these last few nights and pray He has mercy on us in the next week.

April :)