My dear husband took Stella to her 3 month checkup today (more on that in the next post), and the doctor said we should NOT be letting her nurse to sleep, we should be trying to get her to put herself to sleep ("drowsy but awake" is the lingo). I've tried this a few times, but Stella always ends up screaming at me, and nothing but nursing will calm her down. So of course, I share this with Gian, I'm freaking out b/c I think I've created a terrible, unbreakable habit and I'm dreading bedtime.
So what happens? Gian and I put her down "drowsy but awake" and... no tears, barely a fuss. She is asleep in minutes.
Already making me out to be the liar, the bad guy, Stella just has to prove her mom wrong!!
This is not new, this proving me wrong. She slept through the night at my parents' house after I warned them of her nightly habitual wakings, and I told everyone how she loves to fall asleep in the carseat and then dear Stella proceeded to scream and cry halfway from East Hampton to Colchester.
HOWEVER, if these are the ways she is going to prove me wrong in life, I'll take it. Well, maybe not the carseat screaming, but sleeping??? It's all good.
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