Advice, advice, my kingdom for advice.
September 11th, 2006 by amylherzog
I finally found the camera battery charger from where I had stashed it while “cleaning” (in the disconnected paper shredder… go, me). Soon, there will be fresh Jacob pictures. Until then…
(Eat the cheese. Shake the rattle. Drink the tequila.)
After an amazing time on our road trip, and a couple of pretty blissful weeks here, Jon and I were patting ourselves on the back for keeping Jacob in a good bedtime routine. He went to bed with minimal fuss and little interaction with me (bedtime being Jon’s job), he was sleeping 6 hours for the first stretch, waking up at the civilized hour of 7:30am, everyone was pretty happy and rested. You can see where this is going, of course.
Then Jon went on a business trip last week, and it’s been pretty much hell since then. Screeching in an entirely unholy manner until I go into the nursery and nurse him to sleep, then waking several times a night, rising at 6:00am again, the whole thing. After just a week of this, we’re back to the exhausted, cranky selves we all remember from the summer. Not good.
Trouble is, I really don’t want to rely on nursing as a panacea anymore–I’m trying to encourage Jacob to wean. (I haven’t enjoyed it for quite some time, I promised myself I’d make it to a year, yadda yadda.) But we find ourselves in the embarassing place of not really knowing what else to do. So, dear readers, friends and family… any suggestions? How do we get this kid to sleep without herculean effort?
Ugh. I’m so sorry. Wish I had some useful advice to offer. I’m hoping that he settles down quickly now that Jon is back in town.