Many times each night I find myself coming to consciousness about ten steps from my bedroom door, in the hallway to the girls' room. It takes a moment to realize what I am doing, then I'll hear Kaia's cry or Kenzie's, "cover me please, Mommy, cover me" and I'll snap to reality. Apparently, in my sleep, I jump at the sound of distress from my daughters. Letting them cry it out or find their own covers might be the better choice if I ever want the cycle to end, but that's not how I've been trained. Instead, I jump from my bed as if it's on fire and rush down the hallway. Sometimes I wake in the hallway and don't hear any noise at all coming from the girls. What's that about?
We use sleep training for Kaia to get her sleeping through the night. Our method is to have Dustin go to her instead of me. After a few nights she realizes that she isn't going to get what she wants (me) and will just start sleeping longer. This works until the next cold hits or her next tooth pops through, then more sleepless nights and more sleep training.
If it's possible to retrain a baby, how do you retrain her mommy?
Man, I'm tired.
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