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Dear Alice

1/15/2016

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Dear Alice,

Let's talk about sleep, Baby Girl.  You are the only baby I've ever had, so I can't say unequivocally that you are the worst sleeper EVER (in fact, you're probably not even close to the worst by miles), BUT you ARE the worst sleeper I've ever had.  Do you know that the only thing standing between Daddy's wish to do Cry It Out and at least three totally miserable, screamy nights for you, is ME?  That's right, this epic battle we find ourselves in is actually all one big massive effort to avoid CIO.  And you only have 8 days left to figure out that you should give in and join Team Mommy. 

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NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN!!!

We could be having so much fun, you and I.  We could be going places, and visiting people, and playing with ALL THE TOYS.  But instead we are spending our ENTIRE EXISTENCE just trying to get you to sleep.  In all your effort to not miss anything, you are missing everything!!  I know, it's too soon for such abstract reasoning, but I'll keep trying to explain it to you anyway. 

PLEASE, Sweetness and Light, don't make us do it!!

Love, Mommy
1 Comment
Anne Wagner
1/15/2016 05:52:36 pm

So familiar. We finally reached the "Cry It Out in 2-3 Nights" thing, but we were awake most of the night alternately holding the other one from going. And even now, gotta' say, I'm ambivalent about the decision. About 10 years later, we had to decide a different/similar dilemma - whether to go rescue a 12-year-old from a miserable experience with her class in Yellowstone. If there's a right answer, it's still a mystery. Good wishes. In our family, everyone lived through it and still love one another. If it warped ouir daughter permanently, we don't know it!!

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