We got rid of the pacifier the weekend of the 12th. We also got rid of the bottle that weekend.
Now for the hard part. She was doing good sleeping for a week or so then all of a sudden she started waking up at 3 every morning. Well, this weekend I was hoping Beckett had helped her spend all of her energy and she would sleep good. She threw a crying fit when we put her down. We let her cry it out for awhile then I went in to calm her. She laid down for a minute then started screaming a minute. Travis went in several minutes later however, she worked herself up so much that she threw up all over him. Check out the below photo.
Sunday wasn't so bad. We had to rock her to sleep but she slept til 6am in her own bed...then drank some milk and fell back asleep in my bed til 9am!
I thought we were doing good til Tuesday! I tried to put her down for a nap and she started wailing and getting worked up. I didn't want her to throw up so I rocked her for a little bit til she fell asleep and put her back down. She immediately woke up and screamed. I rocked her more and she wouldn't go to sleep. At this point it had been almost 2 hours that I had been trying to get her to sleep. I put her in her crib and she laid down for a minute. I rushed to shower and heard her start screaming over the monitor. When i got back in there she had made herself throw up all over her blankets. I got her out and cleaned her off. As I was cleaning the crib she made herself throw up again. Soooo strong willed! At this point, I wasn't feeling so hot myself. Think I had an allergic reaction to my flu shot causing my whole body to itch so wasn't in a great mood. And I was stressing because I still had to do my lesson plans and now bathe her and her to daycare and I wasn't sure if I would make it to dance on time. So I called Travis and he had to come home and get her to take her to daycare. ahhhh frustrating. So last night when she went to bed at 8pm she had been up all day with no nap! Then she was up again at 1pm last night. She ended up in bed with us so we could get a little sleep. This really feels like a lose, lose situation. We can try to get her back to sleep in her bed just to hear her scream and make herself throw up, which then we have to clean and still try to get her back to sleep. Or we can let her win and she can sleep with us and we get to get some sleep. We are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Today, I had a lot to do and did not want a repeat of yesterday so I took her to daycare at noon. They all nap from noon-2 so I thought that would be perfect. WRONG! She did not sleep at all today! As soon as she got home she was in Travis' lap and fell asleep. He tried to put her on the floor to play and this is how she ended up...
We only let her catch a small snoozer then woke her for dinner/bath and tried to put her to sleep. As tired as she is she threw a royal fit and is currently now playing in the living room. We are starting to wonder if she is hungary so we are going to try to give her some 12 mos-24 mos formula in a few minutes then put her back down. We will let you know if it works and if she stays asleep. I have talked to Samantha about all this sleeping stuff and they are having some issues with Ella too so at least I don't feel like we are all alone.
