Monday, December 05, 2011

Ready For Take-off

Judah gets to dress up as a space-baby at his activity center. He also loves being in 'mission control' because he hasn't yet met a button he didn't desperately want to push (both figuratively and literally).


Speaking of pushing buttons, we are going through yet another miserable round of sleep-training. It seems Judah is no longer content to fall asleep in our arms and then quietly transferred to his crib.

Now, he is so alert and sensitive, that any attempt to lower him into his crib causes him to startle, wake up, and wail like a banshee--as if to say, how dare you put me down!!!! So now we are doing what all the books say we should've been doing since the beginning--putting him down in his crib with his little eyes open.

Judah absolutely hates this and will cry like his body is being set on fire for a good 20-30 minutes.  It absolutely kills me because he says "Maaaa-maaaa!" as he cries.

It's also caused him to be very apprehensive anytime I take him into his room. The books call this "crib fear" as he now associates his crib with wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Oh the misery of sleep-training.

2 comments:

Alaberi said...

omg that is the CUTEST costume ever! Judah, you just get cuter and cuter :) And more handsome, all at the same time. Perhaps you should let your mama rest some, though, okay? She's workin' hard... Love you all!

Alice in Wonderland said...

Alaberi!!! We love and miss you too!