As the first month of 2009 approaches its end, I am quite relieved. This month was a bit rough for our family. It started out with Abby getting over her bad reaction to the MMR shot, Jason catching a cold and giving it to me and Abby and a whole lot of snow and cold weather.
Abby's cold turned into a bad cough, which she is still getting over from close to 2 weeks ago. It's so hard to hear her cough but at least she is in good spirits. And just when I thought her sleeping was back to normal....this happened and she's been waking up at night coughing. Needless to say, we all need some rest if we're going to make it through '09!
On a positive note, we watched in amazement as Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th POTUS. I am thrilled that I got to watch history happen and even happier that Abby will have the next 4 years (hopefully 8!) to watch and see how the world is a better place because of him.
Hopefully February will bring some great things - including a new niece for us/cousin for Abby, a healthy, sleeping Abby and some warmer weather (who am I kidding??).
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Sleepless in Surburbia
Since 2009 started, the Strongin family has not gotten a lot of sleep. It seems that Abby's MMR reaction had an effect not only on her skin, but on her sleep as well. When she didn't feel well, I was a sucker and went in and held her/rocked her to sleep. Once she felt better, she was used to that comfort and was waking up crying for us to come in to her room. We knew she wasn't hot/cold/sick, etc.. because she was fine when we were there and would scream when we'd leave.
Needless to say, she is now in the habit of waking up at all hours of the night and screaming until we come to her room. She is crying before bed, before naps and generally not getting any sleep or letting us get any. We are all very tired and very cranky!!!
We were very lucky that when Abby was a newborn, she was able to put herself to sleep easily and we didn't have to use any cry it out methods. But Abby's pediatrician said we have to stop going into her room and let her cry herself back to sleep - it will probably be brutal for a few nights, but better in the long run. We are also probably going to invest in getting a video monitor so we can actually see what sort of distress she's in vs. going in. I just know I'm looking forward to getting some zzzz's after this all shakes out and she's back on track! I hope my next update is that we are well-rested....
Needless to say, she is now in the habit of waking up at all hours of the night and screaming until we come to her room. She is crying before bed, before naps and generally not getting any sleep or letting us get any. We are all very tired and very cranky!!!
We were very lucky that when Abby was a newborn, she was able to put herself to sleep easily and we didn't have to use any cry it out methods. But Abby's pediatrician said we have to stop going into her room and let her cry herself back to sleep - it will probably be brutal for a few nights, but better in the long run. We are also probably going to invest in getting a video monitor so we can actually see what sort of distress she's in vs. going in. I just know I'm looking forward to getting some zzzz's after this all shakes out and she's back on track! I hope my next update is that we are well-rested....
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