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fleaTo soften you up before the rant: I painted my toenails red today, and then I painted Casper's red too, because she wanted me to. They are So. Cute.
The Rant: We seem to have the options of half-hour nursing sessions 1-2 times a night, or 30-60 minute crying sessions, with multiple brief visits every 10-15 minutes to say "it's time to sleep," and the phrase, "I. Want. Mom. Mee." whined, cried, shrieked, etc. approximately 147,000 times. I am so ANGRY about this right now. I spend an hour awake listening to her cry, then an hour awake surfing to cool down my anger so I can actually sleep, then I get up in the morning and resent her all day Like a cat who goes straight to the one person in the room who hates or is allergic to cats, Casper chooses these days to be particularly clingy wth me.
I'm thinking we need to try something completely new, but I'm not sure what it is. Have her sleep on a pillow on the floor in our bedroom? Give her to the wolverines?
The Rant: We seem to have the options of half-hour nursing sessions 1-2 times a night, or 30-60 minute crying sessions, with multiple brief visits every 10-15 minutes to say "it's time to sleep," and the phrase, "I. Want. Mom. Mee." whined, cried, shrieked, etc. approximately 147,000 times. I am so ANGRY about this right now. I spend an hour awake listening to her cry, then an hour awake surfing to cool down my anger so I can actually sleep, then I get up in the morning and resent her all day Like a cat who goes straight to the one person in the room who hates or is allergic to cats, Casper chooses these days to be particularly clingy wth me.
I'm thinking we need to try something completely new, but I'm not sure what it is. Have her sleep on a pillow on the floor in our bedroom? Give her to the wolverines?
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Soft Approach
Date: 2005-09-11 12:57 pm (UTC)I also think that is do-able for some families; it's a different way to work family sleep schedules. It doesn't sound like something you can deal with--long term though, and I think the middle ground approaches tend to be a lot of work and are seen by children as permanent, even when temporary.
Either way, I think you might benefit from deciding on one course, and ignoring middle ground--either put your foot down, or acquiesce. Anything else seems confusing to me, particularly if it's not going to be something you can deal with in the long run, and is only a stop-gap.
Whatever you settle on, I'm sure she will, eventually, outgrow her desire to nurse at night, but given what I've seen with my s-i-l's kids, and one other nephew who was allowed to sleep with his parents, and some friends' kids, and some cousins' kids, she may not get over the desire to sleep in your room, or have middle-of-the-night company, if you keep giving into that demand. If that's not something you can deal with long term, then I really do recommend the hard-ass approach, as horrible as it sounds.
I wish you success and peace with whatever approach you develop. You must be so tired.