Let me be clear, our home has become an absolute war zone these past few weeks! Sleep training an infant is never fun. Sleep training twins?! A nightmare... The best part is that their development is separated by about 2-3 weeks. So anything we go through with Brandon, we get to go through again a few weeks later with sweet Aubrey!
Brandon was waking up every 3 hours crying for a bottle, and we were condoning this behavior. At about the 6 month mark we realized that the kid is 18 lbs and isn't going to starve to death... Time for sleep training! So, the week before last we set up a pack-n-play in our room and put Aubrey in there, since she was sleeping through the night. Then, we chose the dreaded 'let em cry it out' method for Brandon. Daddy made this decision after seeing the crazed 'I've had no sleep in months' look in Momma's eyes one morning and deciding that for the sake of our marriage, and potentially Daddy's safety, it was time to act! Thankfully, Brandon was easy. Daddy layed on his bedroom floor and listened to him cry for a few hours one night, and we were pretty much done! Thankfully Mommy was willing to shut off the monitor and stay away from the whole process, or we would have never made it through... So, one down!
Now, about two weeks later, Aubrey has found her voice and has decided she's going to scream all night long! Which of course wakes up her brother who is sleeping about 6 feet away. To make things better, Mommy has bronchitis & Daddy has a sinus infection from lack of rest. Soooooooo, here we go with round 2! Wish us luck... I will tell you that even in the midst of no sleep and our entire house being sick, we wouldn't change this for the world. These children are so sweet, and we are lucky to be a part of their lives...
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