As my friends are well aware of Jacob's inability or unwillingness to sleep through the night or even half way through the night. Last night Jacob woke up 11 times.....yes folks I said 11 times. Ok so Mama can't take this anymore. It's really starting to get to me physically and mentally. I called his ped's doc and the nurse called me back and said this is what I have to do....
I have to nurse Jacob as I normally do after a bath and then put him in his crib to sleep. When he makes his moaning noises and starts to wake up, I have to wait until he full blown cries to go in there. I can't turn the lights on or talk to him. I have to place him back in his sleeping position and pat him on the bootie. If he cries I have to leave the room and then return in 10 minutes if the crying doesn't stop. **REPEAT IF NECESSARY**. I have a very hard time with this but she said I should have stopped nursing him in the middle of the night at 6 months. No one told me this but that's ok, I love the bonding time but now Jacob's taking advantage of it. SOOOO we'll see how it goes tonight. The nurse said it should take a couple of weeks to get him in the routine of it.
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