Dear Jack,
Please believe me when I tell you that it is absolute torture hearing you cry. Like I told you earlier today, letting you cry through the night is going to be harder on me than it is on you. You hopefully wont remember the screaming nor will you be traumatized for life by it. I spent the day hugging, kissing, and holding you to make us feel better. See, the thing is, we need to sleep. We can't have you waking up 3 times a night every night, it's not working out anymore.
You may think I'm not here right now, but I am. I am right outside your door, you just can't see me. I am peeking through the cracks to make sure you're still breathing (in between screams) and that you're not stuck on your stomach.
As soon as you can sleep through the night Lilly is going to move in with you. She wants your room to be the sleeping room and her room to be the play room. Hopefully that's incentive for you to hurry up through this phase and get onto peaceful baby sleeping.
I love you and we'll get through this. (One of us will get through it by pacing and eating cookies).
Love,
Mom, mama, or mommy (You can call me whatever you like, Lilly rotates those 3 names)
6 comments:
Watching your child suffer is one of the hardest things a parent has to do. It almost helps knowing that you're doing what is best for them. . .almost. Poor Baby Jack, poor Mommy - hopefully one night did the trick.
Good luck, Liz!
He is so sweet, and so big. Oh the screaming, the screaming makes me never want to have another child.
Oh I hate that stage, I'm so sorry. The crying it out ordeal was so hard. I hope he starts sleeping soon!
I want you to know that you inspired me. I decided that if you could do it with Jack, I could certainly do it with Miles. (Yes, I am still waking up in the middle of the night and feeding my 10 month old.) It's been rough, but I think we're almost there. Thanks for teaching me to be brave!
Your letter was so beautiful! Jack will someday cherish it!
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