It’s late at night. You’re rocking baby while your partner sleeps soundly. At their moment, you are alone in the world… You feel isolated. You feel a bittersweet frustration. You feel smothered and nurturing simultaneously. Have I ever told you that I don’t remember the last time I rocked my son (now 8.5 years old) …
I know the pain of having an infant that will not sleep if they are not held or touched. The agony of not being able to get your older baby to go to sleep without rocking or nursing. But that doesn’t last forever…. They’re only little, sweet, and fully dependent on us for a limited period …
Photo Credit Moms Who’ve Done Cry-It-Out We’ve done “cry it out” at my house on many occasions. I try everything I can think of… fed, change, rocked, no obvious signs of pain I can fix, if they are still crying… I just hug them and we “cry it out” together. –Chelle from Having Fun at …
