June 25, 2005
but the routine is nice.
i think she enjoys the pre-bed routine we’ve created. although she caught on to it today.
we say goodnight to the music first. then she likes saying goodnight to the buddhas. we say good night to each of them; kirti tsenshab rinpoche, dharma rinpoche, sogyal and all the tashi lhunpo monks, khen rinpoche, geshe michael, lama zopa, ribur rinpoche, geshe dakpa, shakyamuni, his holiness, the wheel of life poster, prayer flags. then we go the window and say goodnight to the world and close the blind. we do the dedication. then...
tonight we had a little cry cuz she realized dad was sitting down in the rocking chair.
we read a book or two and have some water. when she’s ready she twists around and i know it’s time to move to the shoulder. she falls asleep pretty quick (after a few minutes of goofing on the prayer flags being blown by the fan).
we just enjoy this time with each other. i rocked for 15 minutes tonight after she was sound asleep. probably 20 total. then i get up softly. she stirs a little and i make a few rocking motions. right back to sleep. just like when she was a couple months old. we lost this at around four months, so it’s nice to have back.
now when her body touches the mattress she opens her eyes wide and looks at me. then looses it. and cries for an hour and a half. it doesn’t matter how many times i pick her up and do this. tonight was three and she still didn’t fall asleep until 9. (the goodnight routine begins at 7:30). i can’t put her down and get away fast enough. she’s already awake on the way down. her inner ear works just fine and doesn’t seem to fall asleep.
have i mentioned that i’d rather be in a room with four chalkboards being scrathed by 20 first graders than listen to her cry?
posted @ 8:13 PM
my son is 8 months old and i have never let him cry. I take a lot of flack for this and also the fact that i carry him around almost all the time. How ever i also get told by every one that he is the happiest baby they have ever met. people ask if he even knows how to cry. do what ever you feel is right. their little for such a short time enjoy every minute of it. I dont put socks or shoes on him, his favorite toys are his feet, and i use a sling to cary him. He goes to sleep on his own some times, i just put him in his crib when he is tired , some times with music , or the white noise of the humidifyer, if he crys i pick him up right away, but usualy he plays for a bit and then falls asleep.he knows his bed is a happy place and not a punishment, but most of all he knows he is loved unconditionaly.
posted by ieashia on July 28, 2005 08:04 AMI also have an eight month old baby boy and I get the EXACT same thing as the previous commenter. We never let him cry, and people say that he’s just about the best baby they’ve ever met. The neighbor even asked me the other day if he ever cries at all. But I get family and well-meaning friends telling me that I’m spoiling him and the like. I say, I’d rather have a happy baby than a monster.
posted by Laura on August 6, 2005 02:16 PM
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