Getting 15mo to sleep through the night, Night 2 Recap

Another night of torture. I thought this one was going to better at first...but I was wrong.  Since I now have the horrible virus (I've concluded that's what Cody had but had blood because he has other issues), I didn't go to church. So I thought I'll put Reece down at 7:15pm {he was EXHAUSTED ALL DAY from not sleeping much the night before}. I gave him Mac N Cheese for dinner to make sure he was full, and a bottle of strawberry pediasure in bed, which he would NOT take all night long. Sigh. BUT good news I didn't nurse him from 7:00pm till 6:15am!

I hoped he'd cry for an hour tops when I put him to bed, by 8:30pm he was finally asleep...then in comes the family from church and he starts crying again.  I go in and rock him, cuddle him, kiss him, rub his back, but he continues to fuss when I leave the room. DH (Dear Husband, I didn't know the lingo at first) went in the room and did the same, but he cried when he left the room. 

Reece's crib is in the boys room, so the boys had to fall asleep with him crying. Luckily they are like their dad and sleep like a rock. 

Finally around 10:30pm Reece is asleep. Yeeesssss. We are making progress.  11:00pm I'm up running to the bathroom with the runs (TMI).  Every 30 minuets all night long! The dogs barking woke Reece up at 1:38am. Dumb dogs!

I go in and comfort Reece, rub his back.  He lays down and closes his eyes but cries when I leave.  A little later I change his diaper. He still has diaper rash. :(

And a little later he pooped again! gah.

From 1:38am-4:30am he was crying whenever I wasn't in there rubbing his back, and I was running to the toilet a lot. Finally at 4:30am he fell asleep while I rubbed his back for 5 minuets.  He woke up at 6:15am, and I brought him in bed to nurse. We both fell asleep. I woke up at 7:15am to make DH lunch & breakfast (cereal today!) and then I went back to bed where Reece was still sleeping until 8:45am. 

He seems to have diarrhea again today & i's not sure if it's the lack of sleep making him sick again..? I don't know what to do! He wants to nurse a lot today (of course) and I don't know if I should stick with it for tonight if he's sick, but I really don't want to lose any progress we've made and have to start all over again!

Weaning him and getting him to sleep through the night is soooo hard. Especially all at once. I've decided to not make him CIO for nap today, but nurse him to sleep so he gets some sleep so he won't be overly tired tonight. I fear I am losing this battle! He is one strong willed baby! I feel like an awful mom :(

Getting 15mo old to sleep through the night, Recap night 1

Just. Kill. Me. Now.  This is for real like torture.  Reece is 15 months old, and I am 9 weeks pregnant with #4.   He still wants to nurse all night long, and every time I sit during the day. I am having TONS of cramping in the uterus from him nursing, and I just can't do it anymore.

I've tried all the "gentle" approaches.  I've read books on gently getting baby's to sleep through the night with no crying...bottom line, they didn't work!!!! One method was to still bring him in bed with us, but to just refuse the breast. Yeah ok, that would work, NEVER.

 It's so hard to write this, but I am having to let Reece cry it out.  Breaks my heart so much.  But he's sooooo attached to me, and doesn't sleep unless in my arms. For my health and the health of our new baby, I have to make a change, and now.

I am literally in tears right now. He's in his crib crying, and his nap should be over in 30 minuets and he's cried for an hour, and not slept at all. I hear it gets better. I am praying it does soon!!!

I know many moms are super against crying it out, and I was too. And I pray I am not messing my baby up by teaching him to sleep on his own.  I just CAN'T and don't want him to only want me, to only sleep with me, to only be happy with me....and in 7 months we will have another baby and I can't have TWO that nurse every two hours.  My body just can't handle that.

So, here's last nights recap...

9:30pm I nursed him, he didn't fall asleep.
10:00pm I put him in his crib awake, he cried.  Daddy comforted him for 15 mins, but when he left, Reece cried.  And cried. And cried.
10:45pm I want to go to bed, Reece is still crying.  I go hold him, hug him, kiss him, he cuddles me, and I let him rest on my shoulder for a few mins, then put him down in his crib again.  He cries.
11:15pm He's quiet for a while, then whimpers. I fall asleep {I closed his door, my door, set some soft music on, and the humidifier so I couldn't hear him as well. 
 11:30pm Davey comes to bed, I'm asleep, he said Reece was crying on and off.
2:00am I woke up to him crying, I went in and hugged him. I rubbed his back for a few minuets while he laid in his crib, then he finally fell asleep. 
5:00am He wakes up crying, I bring him in bed with me, he nurses back to sleep, and he nurses on and off until we wake up at 7am.

Because he got such little sleep last night he was super tired and wanting to nurse all morning. Finally I just put him in his crib at 10:00am and he's been crying since. Still crying, and I am about to cry again.  I am so frustrated, and sad, and stressed! I know it's not his fault, I trained him like this for 15 months.   All my friends say it should only take 3-5 nights, but man that seems like forever.  I am losing this battle right now! I have to go to Walmart & I know he will fall asleep in the car.  Then be super crabby when I wake him up to get out of the car. 

Prayers are appreciated.  I know this is such a controversial subject, and you may not agree with it. I didn't either, until I had a non sleep monster.