Setbacks

I have to admit that we had a setback. Actually, I should be clear that I had the setback. At 5:00 this morning I held B in my recliner until he woke up at 8. I was just so darn tired!! I've been really trying to focus on not nursing him to sleep, and waiting 5 minutes before getting him. I sincerely hope that my holding him (and letting him nurse) didn't really set us back.

Let me explain why the setback... I fed B at around 1 (I think) and tried to put him down. He immediately started with the kicking/fussing so I thought it was gas. I told myself I would keep putting him down 5 times after bouncing him (to help him burp) then I was going to leave the room and hope that he would fall asleep. Of course, going in to get him if he started actually crying instead of just fussing. We did the bounce/put down thing 5 times, so I put him down one last time and left his room. He fussed (not cried) for 20 minutes and still wasn't sleeping. So I went back in... He immediately burped (and I felt awful for leaving him there with an upset tummy). So I put him back down and he STILL went back to the fussing/kicking thing. After 2 hours of this, I finally got him down and he slept until the 5:00 awakening where I took him to the recliner with me.

Ugh!!!