| Yesterday night, as usual around 4-ish, my gal wakes up...actually she didnt wakeup fully yet, was tossing her head around and making some noise, so instead of letting her wakeup fully like in previous nights, i quickly picked her up and nursed her. True enough, she didnt even open and her eyes and latched on. Aft about 20mins, her whole body went limp and appeared to be in deep sleep. So i gently put her back into the cot, and voila, her eyes popped open!
She didnt cry though. Jus looked around her cot and played her own hands. I sat and watched for a bit, then i laid down on my bed (next to her cot) and watched her from the cracks of the cot bumper. She was playing silently, then a bit of babble. But no cries. After about 1 hour, she fell back asleep on her own!
I'm not sure if i'm doing the right thing by letting her play and fall asleep on her own..cos 1hour is a bit long, rite? One of the reasons i'm against letting babies cry it out for sleep-training is becos i'm a believer in the theory that when babies cry and self soothe, they are thinking they got abandoned and no one is going to come to them, hence they will learn to self soothe and go to sleep. My gal didnt cry but i dunno if she would also think i'm not there for her? Shud i at least pat her and help her to go back to sleep faster?
I'm sorry if this question might be silly to some veteran mommies out there...but yah, jus wondering... :P  |