I have been asked to identify who is who so Sam is on the left and Ben on the right
Last night went really well other than Ben cried from about 9:30pm-11:00pm but that didn't have anything to do with their new sleeping arrangements. We tried the techniques from Happiest Baby on the Block, which basically consist on holding them on their side, ssshhhing them loudly in their ear, and rocking them. Well, it's fine and dandy for about 10 minutes but what they don't highlight in this technique is you are basically hunched over, holding the baby and says "sshhh" very loudly. Baby is happy while you are doing it but your back and arm hurt and your throat hurts from "shhhing" so loudly. As soon as we stopped Ben resumed him fussiness. It did help him sleep and they went for another 5 hour stretch last night. I hope this is something permanent and not because Ben is so exhausted from crying so long.My mom came over today and they were both perfect angels.
I could be wrong, but I think they're both smiling a little in this pic!
ReplyDeleteSam looks a lot like you in this pic, Jill.
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute! ~Jamie
jill, if you want I can burn my cd-it does the "sh"ing for you! and you can swaddle them and prop them on their side with a rolled up towel. Hope that helps!
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