So I am starting to wonder what happened to my kid. Grace has basically been an angel to put to bed from day one. She has had MAYBE a grand total of 5 bad nights since she has been born, but other then that bath, story, bottle, and SLEEP. NO PROBLEM. For some reason though the past week she has been fighting bedtime like it's the devil. Nothing has changed in our routine and she's not showing any signs of teething although I did give her the tablets tonight just in case. So last night I was like ok I am gonna give the cry it out method a try since nothing else is working. We started our normal bedtime routine at 8 and she was eating her bottle by 8:30 as normal. She fell asleep while still eating which is again normal for her. So I put her down in her crib and walked out. Before I could close the door she is full on SCREAMING!! So I was like ok let her cry......2 minutes later I am still kind of holding strong but failing fast. Grace has never been a cryer so when she does my heart just melts. After 10 minutes I couldn't take it especially when she started screaming MaMa and Dada. Even Steve (who had been studying for a check ride) put down the books and gave in. He picked her up and wham she threw up all over him. I checked her temp and everything was fine so I am assuming she cried herself sick. So I finally gave up and laid down in the guest bed with her and watched some Disney Jr. Night Light. She finally drifted off and I put her back in her crib at 10:30. Where she instantly woke back up and cried for about 2 minutes before going back to sleep till 645 this morning.
Tonight she pulled almost the same thing. Crying until she got herself sick got her cleaned up and put her to bed where she cried for a couple minutes but drifted off shortly after. We will see how long it last. I hate listening to her scream and the getting so worked up she gets sick just doesn't sit with me. ANd I don't mean she cries for a while and gets sick I mean like 5 minutes of screaming and she's throwing up. I'm just not okay with that at all. I know that giving in is just going to create bad bedtime habits that I am sure I will kick myself for later, but in the moment I just don't care. Ugh I really hope this is just a passing stage and that it will end fairly soon. I miss my angel who just wanted ten minutes in the rocking chair and then was out of the count. I am also selfish and miss my mommy time at night even if it is only an hour. :-(
