Okay...first real challenge.
Naomi's normally a very "good" baby and doesn't really cry a lot. She normally wakes up for her feed and lies there looking around her or I have to wake her. This is during the day.
I know that it is good for them to cry a little some times. But Naomi's crying time tends to be between 2 and 5 am! She can grizzle and squall for up to two hours after a feed.
And this is all good, I would worry if she didn't cry SOMETIMES.
However, my weakness - I can't listen to her cry and ignore it. I have to pick her up and soothe her. It's really hard.
As a result my little not-even-a-month old bundle is getting spoiled. So much so that when you stand over her crib when she is crying she stops immediately because she knows she'll be picked up.
My husband and I have decided to try to ignore her when we have made sure that everything is okay and that she's clean, full, dry etc. That's why I'm down here now. She's been squalling for the last hour - half waking every ten minutes or so and having a little grumble and then quieting down, only to start again a few minutes later.
I can't take it. I feel like such a rat not picking her up, but everyone keeps telling me that spoiling a child of this age is "making a rod to beat yourself".
Any thoughts or ideas?
Sue
Naomi's normally a very "good" baby and doesn't really cry a lot. She normally wakes up for her feed and lies there looking around her or I have to wake her. This is during the day.
I know that it is good for them to cry a little some times. But Naomi's crying time tends to be between 2 and 5 am! She can grizzle and squall for up to two hours after a feed.
And this is all good, I would worry if she didn't cry SOMETIMES.
However, my weakness - I can't listen to her cry and ignore it. I have to pick her up and soothe her. It's really hard.
As a result my little not-even-a-month old bundle is getting spoiled. So much so that when you stand over her crib when she is crying she stops immediately because she knows she'll be picked up.
My husband and I have decided to try to ignore her when we have made sure that everything is okay and that she's clean, full, dry etc. That's why I'm down here now. She's been squalling for the last hour - half waking every ten minutes or so and having a little grumble and then quieting down, only to start again a few minutes later.
I can't take it. I feel like such a rat not picking her up, but everyone keeps telling me that spoiling a child of this age is "making a rod to beat yourself".
Any thoughts or ideas?
Sue