Well, that was terrible.
We got him in his jammies, read him a book, and put him in the crib all by 9:00pm. I have no idea how many times we went in there to comfort/calm him. We would get him back to sleep in our arms but the moment we put him down back in the crib, he'd wake up. He never went even 5 minutes of being ok and sleeping between us going in there. It was exhausting.
At 11:40pm he was screaming at the top of his lungs and nothing would make him happy. So, Nicholas made him a bottle and I fed him. Once he was fed and changed, I decided to try swaddling him with his arms free (he likes to move his arms) so that maybe he would enjoy the closeness of the swaddle like the closeness of being held.
I'm not sure if it was the combo of the bottle and the swaddle, but he slept for one hour in the crib!!!
It was literally the exact moment that Nicholas and I went to lay down in our bed to go to sleep that he woke up and starting screaming again. 1:00am and I'm done with this mess for tonight. I haven't slept all day or all night and neither has Lucas. I told Nicholas to go get him and bring him in bed with us.
I do not consider this a failure. Lucas is very little and he didn't sleep for more than an hour during the day for a nap plus that hour stretch in the crib when he is supposed to be getting 15-16 hours of sleep on a daily basis. He needed sleep.
Our victories of the night: He experienced that the world will not end if he sleeps in his crib. He spent some time in the crib to get familiar with being in there alone.
Oh well, we shall try again tonight.
Wish us luck!
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