Cry It Out?

Hey friends and family, I need your help.  I am having a rough night and I need your input on something.

As many of you know, Isaac is almost 10 months old now and still not sleeping through the night.  He still wakes 2-3 times a night to eat (breastfeed).  I am trying to break him of this habit and it is very hard on both  of us.

Isaac shares a room with Jordan who is 8 and in third grade.  Up to this point I have not really allowed Isaac to cry in his bed until he falls back asleep.  I have always gone in there and picked him up and took him in another room.  Boy am I regretting that now!  The minute he wakes up he stands up in his bed and starts screaming because he knows I will come running.  I did not do this with Jordan.  He would go right to sleep and if he woke up he would just play or talk and fall back asleep. I am clueless as to how to get Isaac to like being in his bed and to lay down and go to sleep.

At 9:30 tonight I fed Isaac and he fell asleep so i put him to bed.  He has a light and some soft music that plays.  (just started the music last week hoping it would help)  About 90 minutes later he woke up.  I went in and talked to him and laid him back down.  I rubbed his belly and talked softly to him but he continued to cry.  The minute I stopped rubbing him he would stand up and start jumping and yelling louder.  He has a pacifier in his bed along with his favorite toy, Mickey Mouse, but he wants nothing to do with them.  He actually throws them when I try to give them to him.

I had read somewhere that for the first few nights I should stay right beside his bed and talk to and comfort him until he winds down and falls asleep.  I tried this for an hour and it didn't seem to be working....He would walk up and down his bed and reach out for me.  I feel like me being in there was just making it all worse, so I left the room.  He is still in there screaming.  I don't think he is hungry and if he is, it is only for the comfort that breastfeeding brings.  He is a little wet but only because he has been so worked up for the last 2 hours.  The last thing I want to do is pick him up and give him exactly what he wants.

How long do you let him cry?  Do you have any other suggestions?  I really need input from the fellow moms out there!! Please help! At 10 months old he should really be sleeping more than 3 hours at a time......

Rainbows and Full Moons

The last two days have reminded me just how amazing our God is.

Yesterday, while rushing around trying to get ready and leave for cub scouts, we went out to find a beautiful double rainbow!  There is just something so calming about rainbows.  All the stress and anxiety I had been feeling that day left.  I watched the rainbow the entire way to scouts and when we got to the church for our meeting it got even brighter!  The first picture is of the rainbow outside our house and the next few are of it over the church.

As if that wasn't enough, tonight was a full harvest moon.  Tonight marks the end of Summer (HORRRAAYY!!!) and the begining of Fall.  The moon was huge and bright and absolutely beautiful.  It is hard to catch how pretty it is with my camera.  Chris and I were amazed that you could see the dark spots so clear.

I hope you too got to see these!

9 Months Old

It is so hard to believe that 9 months ago I was in the hospital with my brand new baby boy!  He changes daily.  Time is going way to fast, I want to push pause and enjoy him at this age for a while longer.

So what is Isaac up to?  He is eating everything he can find and put in his mouth.  This includes but is not limited to baby food, crackers, bananas, bugs and grass.  Yes, he is all BOY!

Isaac is crawling up a storm and has just recently started standing up on his own without holding on.  I am sure we are just days away from his first steps!

If it is not a toy he loves to play with it.  This includes cords, shoes and remotes.

Isaac's best friends right now are Daddy, Jordan and his toy Mickey Mouse.  He loves to bang things together and make lots of noise.

He has discovered how to climb and is practicing that skill every chance he gets.

He will not let mommy leave the room without making is hurt and frustrations known.

Isaac's favorite thing to say is Dadda.  He says it all the time while looking around for Chris!  He gets so excited with Chris and Jordan get home from work and school.

Isaac is not a sleeper.  Just recently he has started taking naps.  The last couple of nights he has slept about 11 hours (with waking up 3 times) during the night and taken 2 naps during the day.  This is very rare and I like it very much!

I can not wait to see what the coming weeks hold or my little man!  Here is a video that is sure to make you smile! For some reason Isaac loves it when I hit myself in the head.  In this video I was hitting myself in the head with an empty coke bottle.