We eventually got to sleep on Saturday night so don't worry. Last night was a little better and we passed a minor milestone. 'We' meaning the FP Gal and I, not Relia. Now that she's standing up, she has become a bit more difficult to calm back to sleep. It used to be that we were just calming her as she lay there. Now we go into her room and she's standing at the rail of the crib, usually yelling. If you try and lay her down she screams bloody murder.
The easiest path is that of least resistance. What we've been doing is bringing her to bed with us. She lays down next to a warm body and a beating heart and she sleeps. Relia is big enough now that she's not really in danger of being crushed and she lays between us so she's not going over the side either. The real problem is that we're training her to only sleep on those terms. (The other problem is that she's becoming a bed hog. All 18 lbs of her.)
It's our fault of course, probably mostly mine. My plea is that at 2a it's incredibly easier to look for a quick fix solution than it is to hold the long view. Mea maxima culpa.
Last night was a victory of sorts. She was up at 1a and 2a and each time I picked her up and rocked her to sleep in my arms. Then I put her down and hoped that she'd sleep. The second time it worked and she slept the rest of the night.
The downside? This morning the FP Gal woke and noticed that we were alone. We talked briefly and couldn't hear her through the speaker. I'm sure we both were afraid that something terrible had happened. I asked the FP Gal to check on her, "in case she climbed out the window or something". No fear, she was fine, just sleeping.
Sometimes this isn't so easy.
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