The internet makes you cray

On the internets, there is so much sleep advice it's ridiculous. Cry it out, don't cry it out, the in betweeners, cosleepers, crib in your roomers...and...then thankfully there's my real life in the flesh doctor. 

Yesterday, and everyday of his life before, linden would only sleep in his crib for like 16 minutes at a stretch. We were like, is it the cloth? His tummy? Something were doing slash not doing? The bigger one wasn't like this was he? Can we hold him while he sleeps foreva? Maybe, we thought but instead I took him to the doctor, armed to the hilt with my internet info and my erikson's stages of psychosocial development and, of course my exhaustion tears. Those are cute. 

I explained to her that I needed her to help me figure out scientifically, medically what was wrong with him. Because clearly he was not sleeping due to some possibly horrible and rare hidden malady. She looked him over thoroughly and said that the goodnews was he was perfectly healthy, stepping right along on his growth chart. The bad news was that we now have a 'trained awakener'. A huh? Can I google that real quick? 

But her answer was oh so simple. Do a short bedtime routine at an appropriate time, 7-8 pm and then put him in his crib awake, say I love you with all my heart linden, and then walk out. 

You're probably all, "that sounds way easier than it actually is!" But I tell you, it was easy! He sleeps! If he wakes it's only for a minutes and you know what's even better? I sleep. I sleep! 

So yeah, Dr. Claire Hebner told us to and we made it so.