Trying To Sleep

Dear Ashley,

We're left so tired by your inability to sleep through the night or even sleep through a few hours at a stretch, Lil One. We need to sleep to have enough rest and energy for the next day's activities but you keep on waking up every couple of hours and this is wreaking havoc on our systems. We've been carrying you to soothe you back to sleep all this while but we're so exhausted now. So, we decided to see if you can learn to soothe yourself back to sleep.

We let you cry it out last night just as some 'experts' say we should do so that you can learn to soothe yourself back to sleep as the belief is that we are preventing you from learning that by carrying you when you wake up and cannot go back to sleep. It totally didn't work! You cried and cried until you were hoarse and you had cried for more than an hour by the time we gave up. This is not something that we feel is right for you - to hurt your throat for so long. Thus, we gave in and carried you until you fell asleep again.

Sigh ... well, our love and compassion for you have ruled the day once more. Until another time.

To sleep ... perchance to dream!

Papa and Mama love you!