How Do You Sleep?
Tuesday, August 01 2006 Filed in: HuiHui
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Pretty well lately.
Kai has been in his own bedroom for couple months now. When we came home from China we had his crib in our room. At first we left some space between it and our bed, but found that Kai woke most nights and needed some comforting to go back to sleep. So we pushed the crib right up against Tina’s side of the bed and lowered the side. This made a little “half-wall” between us and him, and was a nice compromise to co-sleeping with him. He could crawl in with us when he wanted, and we could put him back in the crib when we tired of fighting him over the blankets.
When we first came home with him we tried to rock him to sleep, or cuddle and sing to him in our bed tell he dozed off before putting him in the crib. He began fighting this though, and we found he did better if we put him in his crib awake and let him go to sleep on his own (like he would have at the S.W.I.). In time his typical bedtime routine evolved into joining me on the big bed for stories, then we’d turn off the light and he would climb into his crib. Then I would sing a few lullabies before saying goodnight. I would leave the bedroom door open so he could hear us out in the living room, and he would go to sleep on his own. When we came back in later to go to bed ourselves, we could have the lights on low and talk, brush our teeth, etc. and it never bothered him.
After a while his night wakings diminished. He would sleep through till early morning, then crawl in with us to cuddle a while before getting up. Once this pattern seemed established we decided to try moving him into his own room. The room we have for him is right off the living room by the front door and has a twin bed in it. We initially tried putting him in the twin. It’s against the wall and we got a side-rail to put on it. We left the crib in our room just in case. The first night was a bit too hard on us though. He went right to sleep like normal, but when it was time for us to turn in I couldn’t take it. What if he wakes up and worries that we aren’t there? I caved, and scooped him out of the bed and carried him down the hall to the crib in our room. The next morning I had to go to work early and left before he woke up. When he did wake he was confused to find himself back in our room. He was actually bummed about it. So Tina moved the crib out and put it next to the twin bed in his room. He’s been in there ever since. He still wakes up some nights, usually around 4:00 AM, and will come down the hall to our room. When he does we bring him into bed with us and he goes back to sleep. But more and more now he’s sleeping through in his own room. We plan on transitioning him to the twin eventually, but he loves his cozy crib, and he likes having his own room too.
Kai has been in his own bedroom for couple months now. When we came home from China we had his crib in our room. At first we left some space between it and our bed, but found that Kai woke most nights and needed some comforting to go back to sleep. So we pushed the crib right up against Tina’s side of the bed and lowered the side. This made a little “half-wall” between us and him, and was a nice compromise to co-sleeping with him. He could crawl in with us when he wanted, and we could put him back in the crib when we tired of fighting him over the blankets.
When we first came home with him we tried to rock him to sleep, or cuddle and sing to him in our bed tell he dozed off before putting him in the crib. He began fighting this though, and we found he did better if we put him in his crib awake and let him go to sleep on his own (like he would have at the S.W.I.). In time his typical bedtime routine evolved into joining me on the big bed for stories, then we’d turn off the light and he would climb into his crib. Then I would sing a few lullabies before saying goodnight. I would leave the bedroom door open so he could hear us out in the living room, and he would go to sleep on his own. When we came back in later to go to bed ourselves, we could have the lights on low and talk, brush our teeth, etc. and it never bothered him.
After a while his night wakings diminished. He would sleep through till early morning, then crawl in with us to cuddle a while before getting up. Once this pattern seemed established we decided to try moving him into his own room. The room we have for him is right off the living room by the front door and has a twin bed in it. We initially tried putting him in the twin. It’s against the wall and we got a side-rail to put on it. We left the crib in our room just in case. The first night was a bit too hard on us though. He went right to sleep like normal, but when it was time for us to turn in I couldn’t take it. What if he wakes up and worries that we aren’t there? I caved, and scooped him out of the bed and carried him down the hall to the crib in our room. The next morning I had to go to work early and left before he woke up. When he did wake he was confused to find himself back in our room. He was actually bummed about it. So Tina moved the crib out and put it next to the twin bed in his room. He’s been in there ever since. He still wakes up some nights, usually around 4:00 AM, and will come down the hall to our room. When he does we bring him into bed with us and he goes back to sleep. But more and more now he’s sleeping through in his own room. We plan on transitioning him to the twin eventually, but he loves his cozy crib, and he likes having his own room too.
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