Graduation

So, Mini-Me has graduated from the 5 S's and now she resists swaddling and fusses every time she is left alone and suspects that she is supposed to nap. I had aspirations of never ever using the "cry-it-out" method of sleep training, but here we are. I planned to use the morning nap time to mow the lawn, so I wouldn't have to sit here listening to her wail, but I can't bring myself to go out of earshot just yet. I tell myself I am helping her learn a new skill. Plan to read Babywise as soon as possible to learn the how-to's of getting Mini-Me on a more structured feeding and napping schedule. As I was lying in bed at 3 in the morning waiting for baby to fall asleep, I thought of all the things I would be able to do if I knew I would have a given block of time when I was not on duty with her, whether because she was sleeping or because I was letting her work naptime out for herself.

I told my mother what I was doing, expecting a critical answer about letting Mini-Me cry, and she told me that when she and Dad did that with me, she sat outside my door and cried listening to me.