Monday, July 1, 2013

Crying It Out

I've mentioned that I'm nearing the end of my rope with interrupted sleep and lack of sleep.  I've posted the pretty pictures of Costner's room that he has yet to spend a night in.  So last Saturday, I did what no one else in this house is willing to do:  I laid him down after I KNEW he was exhausted but refused sleep and let him cry.  Sage was appalled.  She can't STAND for him to cry.  Travis wasn't home, so I knew it was a good time to try.  Sage said, "I'm just going to tell you right now that he's not going to go to sleep."  Well, after 40 minutes, I went to check on him and saw this.

He had given it up, but it wasn't without a price.  Notice the wet staining around his neck.  When he woke up after about...oh 30 minutes (I was hoping for hours), I saw that what I THOUGHT could just be drool or tears was actually puke.  He had cottage cheese all in the back of his hair, requiring me to re wash his hair and take all of his bedding off to wash.  SO...round one:  Costner.  We're trying again today as we speak, and again, he's not going down without a fight. 

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