Ferber Method - Night #2

Saturday night was definitely different than Friday. I fed him some rice cereal at 8:00 p.m. and then nursed him until he fell asleep at nine. At 12:00 a.m., he woke up crying and my husband went in after a few minutes to soothe him.

Husband: He smells awful. I don’t know if it’s gas or a diaper, but you might want to go look in on him.
(translation: Oh, please don’t make me change a godawful diaper at this hour. Must. Sleep. Now.)

Me: (sighing, go in to check on the baby. Change his diaper, which turns out to be wet. I patted his back, whispered words of reassurement, and put him back in the crib. Screaming commences.) It’s okay. You’re just wet and gassy. Go to sleep and you’ll be fine.

Baby: I’m really tired and gassy and all I want is for my mommy to hooooooold me….waaaaahhh…

Me: I love you. Good night.

The baby screamed for about thirty minutes or so. And then….silence. Golden silence.

At 5:30 the next morning, I went in to see if he was still alive. After all, he hadn’t woken up since 12:30. Was he okay? Sure enough, he was sleeping soundly. And he stayed that way until 6:00 a.m.

Oh my goodness. It worked.