Let me preface this by saying that Garrett has always been a great sleeper. He started sleeping through the night between 6-8 weeks and has always slept for about 12 straight hours--just like clockwork. For the most part, he goes to bed really well and generally sleeps through the night without much incident.
His little sister--not so much. She's not totally awful and I hear stories of much worse sleepers, but we got really spoiled having Garrett first! We've been working on putting her down in her crib and making her "cry it out" for a few minutes to go to sleep. I'm not a big fan of "crying it out," but I'm starting to recognize that sometimes it might be necessary.
Garrett, on the other hand, is adamantly opposed to it and does not like his little sister to be sad. Despite a few lectures from us on the contrary, Garrett likes to sneak in her room and play with her until she perks up and I rescue both of them.
I laid her down for a nap this morning and she was fussing a bit. I was in the kitchen and heard Garrett say, "I need to help Abby Baby." He's a fast little thing and was already in her room telling her, "It's okay, Abby Baby," before I could stop him. She turned off the tears instantly and gave big brother some big smiles.
ARGH! So much for naptime.
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Awwww...how can you resist that little face?! She is such a sweetie!
Oh Man! That would be frustrating...but at least it is super cute :)
how sweet!
So sad though, sorry she's not a very good sleeper. My 2nd one was a horrible sleeper too. Crying it out was the only thing that worked. good luck. :)
But he is so cute. How can you ever get mad at him??
Oh man- Abby you need to start sleeping! Garrett is such a great big brother
I understand your frustration with having a baby who doesn't require as much sleep, but that is the sweetest thing ever that her brother loves her SO MUCH! She is a DOLL!
That has to be the sweetest thing ever! I hope Tiegan is that good to his baby sister...
Oh, that's so sweet!!
(If Sammy's door knob didn't have a child proof knob Dax would be in there too -even when she IS asleep "Sammy? PLEASE!" -he misses her ;).
Dax was my good sleeper too (he had to cry a little bit at first -Sammy, ya, she had to cry a little harder, not for too long, but it killed me!! It wasn't until like 7/8 months or so she just became this awesome little sleeper - even better than her brother at that age).
I'm slightly more lax this time around -Dax is just too cranky without good naps, where Sammy is pretty good, so ya, it all depends on the kid I guess.
CUTE post Nat!!
That is so sweet! And abby is a little doll face! I dont know if i can deal with a babys crazy sleep schedule again... Good luck to you!
I love those cute faces! PS- I put the photos from our good times on my blog. Did you get my email with the photos? I wasn't sure if it went through..
Oh! She is so sweet! How can you not just give her whatever she wants?
Awwwwwwwwwwww that is adorable. Garrett is already such a great big brother. Miss you guys!
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