Sleep Training Sucks
So remember when I was all "hip hip hurray, my babies put themselves to sleep?!!!" Just kidding. Sick joke. Lyla woke up an hour later screaming and we, being the suckers we are, rocked her a$$ back to sleep.
So fast forward, and after the past 2 days of beyond shitty naps (they've gone from an average of 1.5 hrs 3x a day to 30 minutes this morning and 45 minutes this afternoon & to get them to nap was beyond hard!!) and ridiculously grumpy twins come bedtime, I put my foot down today and decided to do CIO tonight. I'm using the tips from this blog, but have modified the CIO "wait" times.
Yeah, yeah, I suck. Whatever. I have 2 infants to deal with and this is the path I'm choosing.
So, I'm keeping Lyla in their shared room during our sleep training and we've set up Bryce in the Baby Bjorn travel crib in our room. This way, they won't disturb each other for this boot camp. :-/
After napping for only 1hr 40min TOTAL today (normal was 4-5hrs), Lyla was absolutely zonked tonight and kept falling asleep during her before-bed bottle. I woke her while burping her because I don't want to put her to bed asleep (I need her to fall asleep by herself). I then put her to sleep very, very drowsy and she was out in less than a minute. It's now been 2 hrs, so we'll see if she stays asleep. I'm not sure this night counts.
Bryce fell asleep on his own after some crying. I put him down. Set the timer for 5 minutes and let him cry. Went in and soothed him (rubbed his head and put my hand on his stomach) and then left the room. Set the timer for 7 minutes. Went in and soothed him. Set the timer for 10 minutes and he cried again. But by the end of the 10 minutes, he was asleep. So this whole process with him took 22 minutes. And I white-knuckled my margarita the whole time. Not fun to hear your baby (ies) cry!
So yeah, sleep training blows. But rocking them both to sleep (and back) a zillion times a day just wasn't working for our family anymore.
I guess I'm supposed to tackle the night time sleep situation first and then attempt the naps. Those should be fun! :-( Wish me luck.