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Post by missingisaiah on Mar 8, 2012 21:21:54 GMT -5
to let John have a blanket while he sleeps. Now I need to find the courage to move him out of my bedroom. Yes, my 13 month old still sleeps in the master bedroom. I know it would have been better to move him out about 3 months ago, I just can't yet. I am so paranoid! My current excuse is Tabatha is getting over a painful infection. The past 2 nights she has woken up screaming in pain. Since for a little while she and John will need to share a room, I don't want to move him in until the antibiotic has had more time to kick in. That's my excuse today. A week from now, who knows.
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Post by jaredsmommyforever on Mar 10, 2012 12:48:39 GMT -5
It's a hard move, but I would focus on the fact that it will be good for him. And you will worry less as you adjust too.
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Post by missingisaiah on Mar 11, 2012 16:04:31 GMT -5
John slept in his crib two nights ago and did great until 4 a.m. which is his normal wake up because he thinks he is starving time. Last night I went to put him in the crib and he freaked out, acted like he was afraid of it. So today I put him in to play a bit so he could see it's not so bad after all. Hoping tonight he'll sleep in it with no problems. The night he did sleep in the crib, I checked on him 5 times and my husband 3 times. But, it was nice to be able to read myself to sleep and not worry about the light waking up John.
You're right, it is a good move for him and I do need to focus on that.
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Post by joan on Mar 11, 2012 21:48:46 GMT -5
Well done! I know there must be triggers doing this. Glad you could relax and enjoy your adult envirronment! Another step forward!
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Post by jaredsmommyforever on Mar 13, 2012 12:24:26 GMT -5
Of course it's an adjustment, but it sounds like you are all doing great. A little more time and the anxiety will ease on all fronts. Enjoy your reading time and know that he is well and safe and will come to love his crib!
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Post by myangelamanda on Mar 14, 2012 13:20:57 GMT -5
It's always so hard to move the baby out of mommy and daddy's room. Do you have a monitor that you can set up so you don't actually have to get up but you can hear? or see? (I didn't have a video monitor, but my neighbor did). I can remember after about 4 days of having the monitor up all the way to 10, we realized it wasn't necessary and we could lower it down to a level that would allow us to sleep and not hear ever little breath, but just the start of cries etc ... so we could get in before a full fledged outburst.
Btw, Kristin was in our room until almost 14 months old. She was so happy to finally have her own room that she slept so much better than when she was with us all those months and naps became more and more steady and routine too.
Hope it's going well!!
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Post by missingisaiah on Mar 14, 2012 22:17:07 GMT -5
We do have a monitor that picks up voices/cries. Sometimes I wish we had a video monitor. Other times I'm glad we don't.
Last night John didn't sleep in his crib. Tabatha told us to please not let him because he wakes her up. I'm glad I decided to have him in our room last night as she woke up at 2:30 and John woke up at 4:30. If they had been in the same room, Ugh! We're trying to save money to do some renovating so the kids don't share a room, but it's going to take time.
Tonight John is back in his crib. Hope he sleeps well. I need rest! (although it is still hard for me not to go check on him every 3 seconds)
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