Nasty Habit!

September 15th-21, 2008: So while Aaron and I were in NYC, Jade stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Gunn. While there she developed a nasty habit of waking up at 3am for a quick brewski, some fun and then back to sleep for 4 hours. Of course, being the softie grandparents that they are, they obliged and gave her the brewski. Now she thinks she can continue to do it and that it's okay. Boy is she wrong. However, I'm finding out that breaking her of the habit is a lot harder than expected. I spent all night on Monday up listening to Jade cry. I unfortunately can't sleep when Jade is making noise. Doesn't bother Aaron though. He could sleep through anything. Jade first woke up at 3am. I went and checked on her, gave her the pacifier and walked out. She didn't like that. She cried for a good 30 minutes. The entire time I layed there, wide awake, counting the circles on the ceiling, wishing she would just fall back to sleep. After about 30 minutes there was welcomed silence, but it didn't last very long. At 4am Jade started crying again. I got up and checked on her and she was fine, just ready to get up. I told her nicely that it was bedtime still and to go to sleep. She didn't like that either and so she cried for another 30 minutes. She woke up again around 5am and we did the whole routine over again. I must admit that it was very exhausting and there were several times I almost broke down and gave her a bottle, but my persistence paid off because she slept until 9am that day. I think she was just super exhausted from all the crying. That's pretty much been the theme of the week. Just trying to get Jade back on schedule. She does such a great job of sleeping through the night...normally. But this week has been pretty rough. And then when I thought I had her back, Aaron went out of town (Dallas, Tx) and Jade and I stayed with my parents at their house. I don't think Jade likes sleeping in the Pack-n-play very much because she never sleeps well when in it. So once again I was up all night on Saturday. I should just learn my lesson and take her home after playing at my parents. But I don't and then I regret it the next morning.