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Aidan was sick for about 10 days before the holidays and then right after christmas he came down with something again and was sick for 4 days. The result: clinginess and an addiction to nursing. He had been taking a cup at mealtimes and a sippy cup during the day and I had reduced the nursing quite a bit.
We're big co-sleepers and that hasn't presented a problem for us. We have co-slept with the kids for the first few years of their life...I know we're crazy :! It's never been a big problem (at least that I remember).
Since his bout of sickness though, Aidan has been waking up every hour to nurse...When he was sick I was much more understanding, but now, I'm just plain exhausted. The thing is, he won't...unlatch. He wants to use me as a pacifier all night long and after he has fallen asleep, I can't unlatch him. He ends up waking up and screaming. For awhile, I would just get up and walk to the bathroom and he'd fall back asleep once I was gone. Then he got wise to me and would start scraming, crawl off the bed and come into the bathroom shrieking. Last night, I was so upset (and exhausted) that I realized that if I didn't move him from our room I was going to lose it...so I put him in his swing, put hte swing in Thomas' office and closed the door. At this point, it was 4.14 am. I felt so guilty to leave him there in the semi-dark screaming so I sat in the family room on the sofa waiting for him to fall asleep. He screamed non-stop until 4.50am...I kid you not! I felt so guilty/horrible that I finally got him, took him upstairs, and played pacifier for the rest of the night.
:| 
:thud:
I'm totally beat and I'm just dreading tonight.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Benadryl? Rum? :>
kris
We're big co-sleepers and that hasn't presented a problem for us. We have co-slept with the kids for the first few years of their life...I know we're crazy :! It's never been a big problem (at least that I remember).
Since his bout of sickness though, Aidan has been waking up every hour to nurse...When he was sick I was much more understanding, but now, I'm just plain exhausted. The thing is, he won't...unlatch. He wants to use me as a pacifier all night long and after he has fallen asleep, I can't unlatch him. He ends up waking up and screaming. For awhile, I would just get up and walk to the bathroom and he'd fall back asleep once I was gone. Then he got wise to me and would start scraming, crawl off the bed and come into the bathroom shrieking. Last night, I was so upset (and exhausted) that I realized that if I didn't move him from our room I was going to lose it...so I put him in his swing, put hte swing in Thomas' office and closed the door. At this point, it was 4.14 am. I felt so guilty to leave him there in the semi-dark screaming so I sat in the family room on the sofa waiting for him to fall asleep. He screamed non-stop until 4.50am...I kid you not! I felt so guilty/horrible that I finally got him, took him upstairs, and played pacifier for the rest of the night.
:| :thud: I'm totally beat and I'm just dreading tonight.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Benadryl? Rum? :>
kris
I know that sounds weird, but it works for me....and my mil swears by it.
I would not have been too chipper either.
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