A few weeks ago I posted an email to my mothers of twins group lamenting the fact that my 9-month-old baby isn’t sleeping for longer than 2 – 3 hours at a time, and that he’s now sleeping on his stomach which freaks me out. As usual, I got a bunch of replies from this wonderful group (what do moms of singletons do without such a support group??). A lot of the replies had to do with letting Logan “Cry It Out” (CIO in mommy terms). We tried it…and couldn’t stand it after about 10 minutes or so. The poor little guy 😦
This brings us to the secret for getting Logan to sleep through the night. *sigh* We forgot to turn the baby monitor on one night…so I’m guessing that he “Cried It Out”. We don’t know this for sure because I woke up with a start at 4am thinking “Go Logan!” (pause) “Oh my God, the monitor isn’t on!!!” And rushed into his room (You’d think I was a first-time mom heh). He was sleeping soundly with a very content face. I’m not sure what I was expecting (the frozen Han Solo ‘pose’??), and I could tell that he HAD been awake – covers off and in a different position…but he was JUST FINE. And he’s been sleeping through the night (mostly) since. I do have to wonder if this is another one of those “scarred for life” moments though.
So a tip for all you parents out there – when it’s time for your kid to sleep through the night, conveniently forget to turn your monitor on and mom and dad will be just fine!
Chalk this up to “BAAAAD MOMMY!!” that turned out for the best…
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The Zimmer Zoo 
Welcome to the blogosphere! Let me know if you want me to add you to my blogroll. I’m more than happy to, but I didn’t know if you were trying to keep things a bit private.
Oh, and you actually HAVE a monitor with you at night?! 🙂 I pretty much figured if they really meant it, I’d hear them. OOh, bad mommy!
Thanks 🙂 Sure…go ahead and add me. Would you like me to add (both) to mine? I’d been meaning to ask you…
And I sleep with a fan on (year ’round) AND the A/C was on, so there’d be no way I’d hear any of the kids without a monitor! (the twins still have one in their room too.)
Nancy,
Welcome to blogging! I do it but only very sporadically. Anyway, our pediatrician (and good friend) said that we can’t avoid scarring our kids for life, and that it will usually be something we never would have thought would do it. Now isn’t that a lovely thought?!
Yikes! That’s crazy!! But I guess if we can’t avoid it, I should stop worrying if I’m doing it 🙂 (ya right 😉 )