Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Thursday 10/20/11 - Sleep in your OWN bed!

I must admit, this time around, I've done things much different that I did with the other two kiddos.  I'm not quite sure why?  Maybe it's due to my lack of sleep or me getting older, who knows?  All I know is that I've started some bad habits and I need to stop them NOW before they become permanent.   We're trying like the dickens to get Kyndall to sleep in her OWN bed.  At first, I slept with her out in the recliner due to her horrible reflux.  She HATED (that's an understatement) to lay down on her back...PERIOD.  I would sit up mostly in the recliner (sometimes in bed) so she could sleep.  I was desperate, people.  I was getting roughly 3 hours of sleep a night.  I was tired, pooped out, exhausted.  It was horrible.  So, due to this I resorted to sleeping WITH my baby in the same bed.  Something that I had sworn in the past I would NEVER, EVER, EVER do...NEVER.  Well, all I can say is, never say never!  :D   I've been trying to get her to sleep in her own bed for the past week now.  She's been doing better.   I lowered her mattress (I had it raised due to her reflux), have a night light, soft music & a heater/fan going at all times in her room (when she's asleep).  Brianna & Jacob both sleep with music, a fan & a night light in their room every night.  It works for them so I thought it may work for Kyndall.  It's working somewhat.  All I can say is, it's a work in progress.  I hope she'll start sleeping in her own bed because I have to go back to work VERY soon!  YIKES!! What on earth have I done?!



Now before any of you get your panties in a wad, of course I don't lay her on her tummy to sleep.  I put her on her back.  I laid her like this in her bed so I could go to the bathroom & to keep her away from Jacob.  He's been known to bounce her in her bouncy seat harder than he should.  I have to keep her safe.  When I came back to get her, this is what I saw.  I thought she looked cute (sorta like a little jail bird) and had to get a picture! 



This is how she lays down...on her back!  Thanks to the liquid Zantac, that is! 

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