What a difference five months makes. When we first brought the boys home we had to have a fan or the radio on when we slept or we were up at every sigh, toot or peep they made. Now, we've come to realize that sometimes they just have to cry it out.
For instance, tonight A was overtired, and due to that he couldn't fall asleep. Since he was overtired and couldn't sleep, which is what he wanted to do, he got angry and started screaming. We tried to settle him, but nothing helped. We had just fed and changed him so we knew his tummy was full, his butt was dry and he was warm and safe...so we put him down in his crib and let him cry.
And cry he did, for about 15 minutes straight he did nothing but scream, shake his fists and roll around. And then, as quickly as he got angry, he fell asleep.
That's good advice for life...Sometimes you just gotta cry it out, and then everything is better.
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