Developmental Clinic Appointment

Brandon had his developmental clinic appointment yesterday. We saw Dr. Alemany for it. He was very happy with how well Brandon is doing. He didn't have any concerns. We did talk to him about the fact that Brandon has been having such a hard time sleeping at night. He only wants to sleep if I am holding him. If not he wakes up crying hysterically and jumping up and down in his crib until I come in. It has gotten a lot worse lately so that it is going on all night. Before he would only wake up 1 or 2 times. We are going away at the end of July and when we get back we are going to have to start the cry it out method with him. I am going to have to put him to sleep awake (I admit I still rock him to sleep) and let him cry 5 minutes, then go in to tell him it is bed time and let him cry 10 minutes, then go in and tell him it is bed time and let him cry 15 minutes. He said not to exceed 15 minutes. At that point I go in everty 15 minutes. Eventually he will fall asleep from exhaustion. Dr. Almenany said the first night is hard, the second night is harder, the third night is usually hard too but usually by the fourth night the crying doesn't go on as long and usually after a week the child will go to sleep relatively easy. It is going to be tough but I think it has to be done.

After his appointment we went to visit the NICU. We saw several nurses that had Brandon a few times when he was in the NICU and all of the other neonatologists.