Help is on the Way!

Leon still isn't sleeping thru the night. Wait, he's not even sleeping three hours in a row these days! He started nursing again every 2-3 hours (sometimes every hour). I try not to nurse him; I pat him on his stomach, side, sing etc. But usually he doesn't stop crying until he is nursed back to sleep (yes, I know that's "bad" but my program was move him to the crib, stop nursing to sleep, and then finally stop nursing him at night.) I he has been waking up more due to his new teeth coming in. He seems to only be happy when he is sleeping beside me or near me. I'm not sure how he knows. But if I bring him into my bed and I sit and check emails or watch TV via my IPAD (or if I go to sleep as well), he stays asleep. If he is sleeping in his crib or alone, he wakes up frequently. I know proponents of co-sleeping would say, that's proof that Leon wants to be near me and that that is a good thing. Co-sleeping parents also say that the Western world has brainwashed us into believing that we must push our babies away from us and put them in their own bed and room to sleep. I'm not totally against co-sleeping. But I am against all night nursing (just too exhausting) and sleeping unsafe. Leon, pictured here, is a poster baby for how not to let your baby sleep. He is in a nice fluffy bed, with sheets and pillows. All big no-nos. If I did co-sleep as a lifestyle (and not as a last resort to at least getting some sleep), then I would need to get a king size futon mattress and put it on the floor and not use a comforter.

But the point of this blog is to say, "Help is on the Way!" One of my friends, who has two young boys who both sleep thru the night, is coming over on Friday (in two days) to help me with Leon. She's staying the whole night to give Jeff and I support.

Oh, there he is crying again. He went to sleep at 8pm and now he is awake for the second time.

Gotta go! Friday come quick!