Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

All you mamas who (virtually) patted my back and told me that weaning Squid off the night-wakings and 2 a.m. bottle-feedings was O.K. to do, that it was O.K. to let him cry a little…THANK YOU!

It’s been four days now of no running to the crib in the middle of the night, no picking Squid up, no feeding him when I should be dreaming. The first night, his cries were more of a wail - the hardest to bear. The second, they calmed a bit to an anxious plea. The third, they were nothing more than a slight groaning. And they are now barely awakenings! He still lets out a few little yelps, but now quickly goes back to sleep.

It’s as if he still wants me to know how things used to be done, how he used to have the power to get my tired ass out of bed! “Hey, you! Yeah, you in the next room! I still have you tied around my littlest baby fingers!” And, yes, he most certainly does. But I’m not the least bit guilty in letting sleep back into my life. (There’s more than enough room for both!)

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