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. 
Michelle posted in Writing @ 6:36 am | Viewed 1815 times
Missie Says:
Horray! I read somewhere, maybe in Ferber’s book, that if you can stand three nights of absolute heck, then it should work somewhere around the fourth night. It took Ali three nights of horrendous crying, screaming, all around threatening of me in baby language, to finally start to sleep through the night. Then she started sleeping in 6-8 hour stretches. Glorious slumber! Yay, Michelle’s baby for figuring it out!
Bron Says:
Danica/Dream Says:
So glad he’s figuring it out! It is hard to let them cry, but it did the trick for mine. Your kiddos are darling. Thanks for stopping by the other day.
Lexi Connor Says:
Yay!
Leanne Says:
Congrats Michelle!!!
Oh golly george, and here I am actually trying to get pregnant again, and have a newly turned 2 yr old girl who hasn’t started down the potty brick road yet. 
What am I getting myself into. 
Hope tonight goes well for you too Michelle.
leanne
Fiona Lowe Says:
OH it’s tough…I remember it well. Fingers crossed he starts to sleep through.
Fiona x