Friday, November 26, 2004

A visit to the Doctor and maybe a solution

Zach, Mom and I went to the Dr. today. Had to see him for a bunch of stuff but thought I would ask about the whole "non-sleeping" thing. Dr. R. recommends that we put him to bed at roughly the same time everynight to establish a routine and then when he cries go in, pick him up, reassure him and put him back down to bed. Let him cry and wait 5 min. Repeat; reassure, put back in bed, wait 10 minutes etc etc. And just keep waiting for longer periods before you go in. Let's hope that this works! He says its gonna be tough at first as it may take a few weeks before he realizes that he can go to sleep on his own and that when he cries we won't pick him up/offer a bottle/or rock him as we have been doing....everyone wish me luck. Sorry Rick and Jen(staying at Moms) and Mom....the nights may be long for a bit...

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